Slim Aarons Black and White 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
Pulitzer On The Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Pulitzer On The Beach
Black and White Photography
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September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...
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No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
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Liz Pringle, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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New Year at Romanoff's, Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, James Stewart
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills.
New Year at Romanoff's
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
16 x 20 inches
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Purchaser will get 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 Digital Fiber print, a digital version of traditional darkroom process. Hybrid paper is responsive to digital laser technology. Digital Fiber provides true black and white printing, without colour cast.
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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Founded by Michael Romanoff (born Hershel Geguzin, 1890-1971), Romanoff's was a popular restaurant with Hollywood stars during the 1940s and 1950s, including director Alfred Hitchcock. This image has a popular companion piece, Kings of Hollywood.
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The Carlton Hotel. Florida Cadillac in Cannes, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
The Carlton Hotel
Black and White Photography
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New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Palm Bay Club 1965 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Palm Bay Club
1965
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965.
Photo by Slim Aarons
40x60” / 101 x 152 cm - paper size
silver gelatin print
unframed
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Seaplane At Palm Beach 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Seaplane At Palm Beach
Patsy Pulitzer leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spectators At Lord's 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spectators At Lord's
Spectators at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based pri...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Luxury Dining' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Luxury Dining' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Private Transport, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gladys 'Patsy' Bartlett (1928 - 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car, 1954. The car is parked by a plane belonging to the Everg...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Golf Spectators' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A man wearing a bathrobe stands among the spectators at the Seminole Golf Club, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Golf Spectators
1955
Fiber Print
Estate signature stamped and hand ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons
New England Skiing
Black and White Photog...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Patsy Pulitzer, Private Transport
1955
C print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Patsy Pulitzer rummag...
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1950s American Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons 'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Carlton Hotel' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons Soho Waiters Race (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Soho Waiters Race
1955
Silver gelatin print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Waiters carrying half bottles of champagne set off on the annual waiters' race from Soho Square...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Private Transport
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gladys 'Patsy' Bartlett (1928 - 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car, 1954. The car is parked by a plane belonging to the Everg...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pulitzer On The Beach 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pulitzer On The Beach
Patsy Pulitzer at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilisi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Luxury Dining 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced util...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
silver gel...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
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 Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons - Luxury Dining 1955 - Estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aarons
Pr...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome.
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Jazz S...
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'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Cannon Drive' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1952: Cars driving along Cannon Drive, Beverly Hills, California.
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Produced from the original negat...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Elizabeth Campbell Parks and Leslie, her daughter with the photographer and filmmaker Gor...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons - The Carlton Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
Another gorgeous and typically 'Slim' photograph, it epitomises the ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin, Black and White
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Produced from the original ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
'NY Apartments' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'NY Apartments' 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
1953: A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dali And Gala 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dali And Gala - Oversize
Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) enjoying a cup of coffee with his wife Gala (1894 – 1982) on a terrace at the Ritz Hotel, Madrid.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin 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.
b/w black and white relaxing taking a break cafe restaurant dining art...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Kings of Hollywood (Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Van Heflin
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This iconic photograph is finally available again, for the first time in over a year.
In this classic black and white photograph, film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills.
Kings of Hollywood / New Year's at Romanoff's
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
16 x 20 inches
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included. Purchaser will get 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.
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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Founded by Michael Romanoff (born Hershel Geguzin, 1890-1971), Romanoff's was a popular restaurant with Hollywood stars during the 1940s and 1950s, including director Alfred Hitchcock.
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Dinner Jazz
American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome.
Paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 cm
Estate Stamped Collect...
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1940s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Beverly Hills Cop' 1952
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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'A Helping Hand' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'A Helping Hand' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Former ski instructor Herman Ostermaier gives a helping hand to a member of the Junior Skiing Program in ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Taylor, Todd And Family
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contact strip depicting British-born American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) at an airfield, (possibly Croydon Airport, London) with her third husband, American producer Mi...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier 1955 New England Skiing - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Junior Skier (New England Skiing) - Oversize
A freckled member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - NY Apartments 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
NY Apartments
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fi...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing Starters - Oversize
A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 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.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Digging For Clams - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Digging For Clams
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960.
Slim Aarons sil...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Jamaica Sea Sailing 1953 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jamaica Sea Sailing
Two men sailing their yacht ‘Eel II’ in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons silver gelatine fibre based print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the only original transparency or negative held at the Archive in London England.
Complimentary dealer shipping to yourself or your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Complimentary shipping.
Other sizes available of this print :
30x30" inches $ 3500
20x20" inches $ 2500
16x16" inches $ 2100
12x12" inches $ 1800
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 this limited Estate edition as a silver gelatine darkroom fibre based print.
They have chosen these prints for their sharpness, clarity, tonality and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints.
Silver gelatine prints give true continuous black and white...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - New England Skiing - Oversize
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 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.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Luxury Dining 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Luxury Dining
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Paper size 20 x 20" inches / 51 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aa...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Three Skiers' 1955- Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Three Skiers' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print - Oversize
Three skiers in New Hampshire, 1955. A sign near them lists the local slopes and trails.
(Photo by Slim Aar...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition - New York Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamour of the p...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Race Meeting 1950- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Race Meeting - Oversize
A group of racegoers chatting to jockeys, France, circa 1950.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 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.
b/w black and white sport sports crowd 1950s 50s fashion...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Junior Skier (New England Skiing)' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Junior Skier (New England Skiing)' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A freckled member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
Silver Gelatin Fib...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Digging For Clams' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Digging For Clams' 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Mrs Hans Estin watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay, circa 1960. (Photo b...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Slim Aarons - The Carlton Hotel - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The Carlton Hotel by Slim Aarons
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955. Printed Later.
Another gorgeous and typically 'Slim' p...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
'New England Skiing Starters' Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'New England Skiing Starters' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print- Oversize
A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
'Eton Vs Harrow' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Eton Vs Harrow' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Silver Gelatin Print
Produced from the original transparency
Certificate of authenticity supplied
Archive stamped and numbered in ink on the front
Paper size 16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
Printed 2020
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE :
12 x 12 / 30 x 30 cm
16 x 16 / 40 x 40 cm
20 x 20 / 50 x 50 cm
30 x 30 / 76 x 76 cm
40 x 40 / 102 x 102 cm
50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
FRAMING:
Please note that this piece is unframed –
however, we offer a full framing service.
If you would like this piece framed, please contact us for a quote.
Authorised and issued by the Slim Aarons Archive & Estate c/o The Getty Archive London England and produced utilizing the original transparency.
b/w black and white cricket sport...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - A Helping Hand 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - A Helping Hand - Oversize
Former ski instructor Herman Ostermaier gives a helping hand to a member of the Junior Skiing Program in North Conway, New Hamps...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Ski Instructors Only 1955
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Ski Instructors Only
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked ‘Ski Instructors Only’ in New Hampshire, 1955.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
silver gelatin print
paper size 16 x 16" inches / 40 x 40 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.
b/w black and white winter...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Cop 1952
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Beverly Hills Cop
American policeman Lee R Hathaway with his car on Bedford Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
(Photo...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Prado Visitors, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features visitors at the The Prado Museum (Museo Nacional del Prado) viewing Diego Velázquez's maste...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
Luxury Dining
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Luxury Dining
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
Category
1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Slim Aarons - Buckingham Palace - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Buckingham Palace
Crowds watching a military parade outside Buckingham Palace, London, circa 1949.
Gorgeous print measuring an large 40 x 40" inc...
Category
1940s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Slim Aarons - Luxury Dining - Estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Luxury Dining'
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
A simply sumptuous scene, elegant diners seated at white table cloth covered tables...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Long Bay Beach (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Long Bay Beach
1958 (printed later)
Fiber print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Anne Bindon of Paget East paddli...
Category
1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography
Materials
Lambda
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