Slim Aarons Photography
American, 1916-2006
American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.
Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.
Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.
In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.
In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.
Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.
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Artist: Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Poolside Party
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Party
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. At far le...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Sarah Marson Williams, Barbados Beach, Estate Edition, Midcentury Tropical Palms
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this classic seaside portrait, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, Sarah Marson Williams enjoys a cocktail on the beach at the Hilton Hotel, Needhams Point, Barbados, Ap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Underwater Drink Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Underwater Drink, 1972
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
60 x 40” / 152 x 101 cm - paper size
Estate ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Palm Beach Street 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Palm Beach Street - Oversize
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and s...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel Taormina Pool'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aaro...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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'Saint-Tropez' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Saint-Tropez' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971.
Produced from the original transparency
Certi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Palm Beach Street 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Beach Street
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilis...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans.
30 x 30" / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printed ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition, Poolside in Antibes, France
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers enjoy the sun by the pool at the Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, 1976. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, the sun-kissed home away from home for titans of literature and music (Cole Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stefan Zweig, Noël Coward), film (Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, who brought all of her husbands there, and every Hollywood A-lister in town for Cannes), art (Chagall, Picasso, Matisse), music (John and Yoko, Jane and Serge, Ella Fitzgerald), politics (Churchill, De Gaulle, the Kennedys), and high society (the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson). This famous image of vintage glamour captures the contrast between the jewel blue of the ocean and the turquoise of the pool, set off by monumental rocks in the foreground and mountains in the distance: the fluid undulation between the natural and the architectural. Sunbathing was popularized at this European destination; here, bathers enjoy a holiday in briefs, bikinis and topless styles. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Printed later.
Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, 1976 (Printed Later)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
4 sizes available
Framing options available
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Antibes is a resort town between Cannes and Nice on the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur). It’s known for its old town enclosed by 16th-century ramparts with the star-shaped Fort Carré. This overlooks luxury yachts moored at the Port Vauban marina. The forested Cap d’Antibes peninsula, dotted with grand villas, separates Antibes from Juan-les-Pins, a chic resort with buzzing nightlife and the Jazz à Juan music festival.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. He's also been credited with inspiring the sun-soaked, escapist style of top Instagram influencers.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday.”
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jhelum River 1961 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jhelum River - Oversize
A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’.
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Leisure In Antibes 1969
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riv...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, 'The High Life in St Tropez'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
The High Life
1977. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
August 1977: Actor George Hamilton (in blue) ta...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Estate Edition Photograph: Poolside in Antibes
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' 1976 photograph of bathers at the Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, is a masterful capture of vintage glamour and the epitome of Mediterranean elegance. This iconic image, steeped in the lore of the French Riviera, juxtaposes the serene turquoise pool with the rugged beauty of the coastline, creating a visual dialogue between nature and human ingenuity. The composition, featuring sunbathers in minimal swimwear against a backdrop of majestic rocks and distant mountains, evokes a timeless sense of leisure and luxury. Aarons' lens immortalizes a moment in time where the world's elite converge to bask in the sun-drenched splendor of this legendary retreat.
The Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, made famous by F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night," has long been a sanctuary for the titans of literature, film, art, music, politics, and high society. This photograph not only captures the physical allure of the locale but also its storied history as a playground for the influential and the illustrious, which includes figures from literature and music (Cole Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stefan Zweig, Noël Coward), film (Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, who brought all of her husbands there, and every Hollywood A-lister in town for Cannes), art (Chagall, Picasso, Matisse), music (John and Yoko, Jane and Serge, Ella Fitzgerald), politics (Churchill, De Gaulle, the Kennedys), and high society (the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson). Aarons' work, with its precise attention to color and composition, invites collectors to own a piece of this casual glamor, where every detail speaks to a legacy of opulence and sophistication.
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, 1976 (Printed Later)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
6 sizes available
Framing options available
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* Undercurrent Projects is pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Antibes is a resort town between Cannes and Nice on the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur). It’s known for its old town enclosed by 16th-century ramparts with the star-shaped Fort Carré. This overlooks luxury yachts moored at the Port Vauban marina. The forested Cap d’Antibes peninsula, dotted with grand villas, separates Antibes from Juan-les-Pins, a chic resort with buzzing nightlife and the Jazz à Juan music festival.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. He's also been credited with inspiring the sun-soaked, escapist style of top Instagram influencers.
Reference: "Dive in: how Slim Aarons art directed the poolside summer. French brand Maje are the latest label to take inspiration from Slim Aarons’ pictures of the jetset on holiday.”
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Sunbathing in Antibes, Estate Edition Photograph: Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc Poolside
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dani Geneux (left) and Marie-Eugenie Gaudfrin sunbathing at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made famous by Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, the sun-kissed home away from home for titans of literature and music (Cole Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stefan Zweig, Noël Coward), film (Marlene Dietrich, Alain Delon, Elizabeth Taylor, who brought all of her husbands there, and every Hollywood A-lister in town for Cannes), art (Chagall, Picasso, Matisse), music (John and Yoko, Jane and Serge, Ella Fitzgerald), politics (Churchill, De Gaulle, the Kennedys), and high society (the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson). Two female bathers in black sunhats enjoy a holiday in bikini and topless styles, against the rocks. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Drinks at Gstaad, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Models from Parisian jeweller M. Gerard enjoying drinks on the terrace of The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1984.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity inc...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Brunch At Brennans - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Brunch At Brennans
Sunday brunch at Brennan’s restaurant, New Orleans.
40 x 40" / 101 x 101 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Printe...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Donald Leas 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Donald Leas - Oversize
Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm
unframed
printed later
edition size 150 only
certificate of authenticity supplied
numbered in ink & blind embossed stamped Slim Aarons signature on front
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
garden grand designs architecture pillar pillars 1960s 60s fashion couple dog dogs...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Lure of Lamu, 1987 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons - Estate Edition - Leisure and Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Leisure and Fashion - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'attractive people in attractive places, doing attractive things'.
A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-type photograph (unframed).
Limited edition to 150 only
numbered and stamped
by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso.
Supplied with certificate of authenticity.
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30" inches / ca 76 x 76 cm’s paper size.
Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Wendy Vanderbilt
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring 20 x 20" inches / ca 50.8 x 50.8 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' Official Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Paper size 20 x 20 inches / 51 x...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - GSTAAD TOWN CENTRE
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons -Gstaad Town Centre - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
The town centre at the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland, 1961.
(Photo by Slim Aarons).
This p...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Hotel Il San Pietro, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stampe...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estat...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Poolside Bar
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Guests at a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980
Gorgeous print measuring 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stampe...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Dining At The Eagle Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club in the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photogra...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Princess Beach Club, Bermuda
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A view of the Princess Beach Club, Bermuda, June 1967. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photograph epitomises the travel style a...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print, Color
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 Slim Aarons Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas 1957 Slim Aarons Estate Print
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957.
Paper siz...
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1950s Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
'Winter Wear' Cortina d’Ampezzo (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Winter Wear' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1976.
Two beautiful and st...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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C Print
Dining In Sicily, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Count Giuseppe d'Almerita dining with guests in Sicily, Italy, in October 1984.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
Poolside Backgammon
1972
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ce...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Kaloa Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Holidaymakers at Kaloa Beach, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, January 1975
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
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Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This landscape photograph by iconic mid-century photographer Slim Aarons depicts bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1959.
Immerse yourself in the nostalgic allure of Slim Aarons' 'Lake Tahoe Pool,' a stunning estate photograph that captures the essence of 1950s summer leisure at the Tahoe Tavern, California. This piece is a window into a bygone era, where bathers bask by a dazzling turquoise pool, framed by the towering majesty of pine trees, with the Sierra Nevada mountains and the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe forming a breathtaking backdrop.
This idyllic scene is adorned with vintage holidaymakers lounging under chic fringed pastel umbrellas, embodying the effortless style and elegance that Aarons is renowned for. The tranquil poolside setting, framed by nature's grandeur, creates a captivating contrast between serene relaxation and the wild beauty of the Californian landscape.
Slim Aarons
Pool at Lake Tahoe
Chromogenic Lambda print
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Captured 1959, Printed later
Collector gets the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150).
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Photography
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Giclée
Brunch at Brennan's, 1960 - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Cove In Ansedonia
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Holidaymakers at a cove in Ansedonia, near Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy, 1986.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the period's wealthy and famous, beautifully documented by Aarons. In his words, he loved to photograph 'attractive people in attractive places, doing attractive things'.
A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C Type photograph (unframed).
Limited edition to 150 only
numbered and stamped
by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso.
Supplied with certificate of authenticity.
Gorgeous print measuring 24 x 20" inches / ca 60.9 x 50.8 cm’s paper size.
Stamped by the Estate on right and numbered in ink on left - limited edition to 150 only.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
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Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Eden Rock, Estate Edition, Bay of St. Jean in the Caribbean island of St. Barts
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Barts (Saint-Barthelemy), March 1973. The house is now a hotel
Slim Aa...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons - Merle Oberon - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Merle Oberon - Estate Stamped
Indian-born actress Merle Oberon (1911 – 1979) with her husband, Italian industrialist Bruno Pagliai, in the...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
El Dorado Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
El Dorado Beach on the south side of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California, circa 1959.
Slim Aarons
Mittersill Castle, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Chromogenic Lambda print
1959,...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Colorful Crew' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970. (Photo credit Slim Aarons / Getty Images)
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983.
Produced from t...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Stamped Edition - Pool At Lake Tahoe
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Fashionable bathers relax underneath parasols and on sun loungers beside the swimming pool, overlooking Lake Tahoe o...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Klosters - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Klosters
Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the only origina...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
'Home Waters' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Home Waters' 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
June 1983: Dress designer Gianni Versace (1946 - 1997) and Lalla Spagnol on a motor launch in front of his 17th century ...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and s...
Category
1960s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Poolside Backgammon'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Marbella Backgammon
1970
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of people playing backgammon...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Pebble Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976.
Slim Aarons
Pebble Beach, Slim Aarons Estate Editio...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Villa del Balbianello, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Lake Como, Italy
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Immerse yourself in the tranquil luxury of Lake Como with this exquisite Slim Aarons photograph featuring Italian mountain climber and explorer Guido Monzino (1928-1988), captured at his Villa del Balbianello...
Category
1980s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Apres Ski 1961 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Apres Ski
A party of skiers adjourn for drinks at Squaw Valley, California, 1961. Second from right is American lawyer and businessman Alexander Cochrane Cushing (1913 – 2006), who ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Marbella Birds' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Marbella Birds' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A woman wearing a headscarf on a porch in Marbella, Spain, 1963
This photograph epitomises ...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print
Marsha Gayle 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Marsha Gayle 1985
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von ...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Harbour Island
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Harbour Island - Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
Harbour Island in the Bahamas, May 1967 (Photo by Slim Aarons).
This phot...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
Lambda
Beverly Hills Hotel Pool - Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Please note that as of 1st March 2025, the Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Collection aligned its pricing across the entire collection.
Please bear in mind that all prints are produced t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Photography
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
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