Slim Aarons Color 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 'Checkered Flag' 1963 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Checkered Flag'
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Esta...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool
at Acapulco, 1978.
Fashionable...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke,
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Printed Later.
Cath...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
'Capri Holiday' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Capri Holiday' 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Swimmers off the Italian island of Capri, 1958.
Produced from the original transparency...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Pool By The Sea - Oversize 1969
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool By The Sea
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside Friendship'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Poolside Friendship
1970 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills.
This i...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Katharine Hepburn 1953
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Katharine Hepburn - Oversize
American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 – 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jam...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Courchevel' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Courchevel' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A skiing holiday in Courchevel, France, circa 1970.
Produced from the original transp...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Catherine Wilke' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capr...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
'Crespi And Mastroianni' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Crespi And Mastroianni' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Italian countess Consuelo Crespi (left, 1928-2010) and Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (right, 1924 - 1996...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Quiet Afternoon' 1980 Slim Aarons Estate Print- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Quiet Afternoon' 1980
Slim Aarons Estate Print- Oversize
Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
C Print
Produced from...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'Porto Ercole' 1973 Italy Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
Produced fro...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'Megachess' 1993 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Megachess' 1993 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993.
Produced from the original transparency
Certificat...
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1990s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Having A Topping Time' 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach. A Wonderful Time – Slim Aarons (Photo by Slim Aarons)
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'Aerial Miami Beach' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Aerial Miami Beach' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
An aerial view of the hotels along the coast at Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972.
Produced from the original tra...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Caroline And Pet' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Caroline And Pet' 1981 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Princess Caroline of Monaco, with her pet dog Tiffany, Monte Carlo, August 1981.
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Arch...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Champagne by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Champagne by the Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (in white crochet, left) talking to a guest by the pool at Nelda Linsk's de...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Catherine Wilke, Capri (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim A...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' 1954 Official Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorat...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Swimming In Bermuda 1977- Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Swimming In Bermuda - Oversize
Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chrom...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'Palm Springs Party' Slim Aarons Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Springs Party' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 19...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion V
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Party At The Playboy Mansion V
Guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at the Playboy Mansion, Chicago, 1961. ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
'Adolfo De Velasco' 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Adolfo De Velasco' 1988 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Adolfo de Velasco relaxes on a verandah in Marrakech, April 1988.
(Photo by Slim Aarons...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Clifftop Pool' 1971 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Clifftop Pool' 1985 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis' villa 'La Barranca', Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971.
Pro...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, C Print
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,...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Beverly Hills Hotel' 1957 Official Limited Edition Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957)
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Slim...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Skiing In Vermont' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Skiing In Vermont' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1963.
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Prod...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Hotel Punta Tragara on Capri, Italy, August 1974. Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Slim Aarons
Villa d'Este
Chromogenic Lam...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hugh Hefner' 1961 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
American publisher Hugh Hefner, founder of 'Playboy' magazine, surrounded by erotica at the Playboy Club in Chicago, 19...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Winter Suntans 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Winter Suntans
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the only origi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Fan Mail' 1955- Slim Aarons Official Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Fan Mail' 1955
Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Print Oversize
Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly afte...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Palm Beach Idyll- Estate Stamped Edition
Limited to 150 only
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA (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 'beautiful people in beautiful places, doing beautiful things'.
A beautiful and classic Slim Aarons C-type photograph
Limited edition to 150 only
numbered and stamped
by The Slim Aarons Estate on verso.
Printed 2020 from the negative dated 1955
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.
We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations.
GALERIE PRINTS works in close partnership with the prestigious Getty Images Archive and Slim Aarons Estate, London England - to bring you officially certified prints from this beautiful collection. Our prints are produced as Original Colour C-type or Black & White Silver Gelatin Photographs – utilising the original transparencies and negatives housed at the Archive.
fashion 50s 1950s ladies fashions relaxation red feminine charming Palm Beach beaches Florida Atlantic Ocean Miami luxurious nature sand palm trees...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Donald Leas 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas
Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim A...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Oberon's Lunch 1966 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Oberon's Lunch
Film star Merle Oberon and lunch guests at her villa, La Consentida, Acapulco. The star is second from the right facing the camera. Circa 1966.
Slim Aarons Chromogen...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'Klosters' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Klosters' 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963.
Produced from the original transpare...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons 'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' 1960 Limited Edition Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II' 1960 - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the cover...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Spear Fishing In San Diego 1956
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Spear Fishing In San Diego
A spear fisherman in a mask, snorkel and wetsuit, with two boys on a beach in San Diego, California, October 1956.
Slim Aa...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Phil Richards' Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Phil Richards' Pool' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
A poolside party at Phil Richards' home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 1970.
Produced from the original tran...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, C Print
Slim Aarons - New York Picnic 1952 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Stamped - New York Picnic 1952
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
A chauffeur unpacks a picnic hamper from a Rolls Royce, against...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Harriet at Mougins 1957
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Harriet At Mougins
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - All Mine 1968 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
All Mine
Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan.
Photo by Slim Aar...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
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,...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Tyrolean Churches, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1990 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Andreas Kirche and Liebfrauen Kirche in Kitzbuhel in the Austrian Tyrol, 1990.
This is ...
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Edition - Versailles Gardens
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Versailles Gardens at the Ocean Club, on Paradise Island, Bahamas, with terraced steps leading from a swimming pool to the French Cloisters, May 1968...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Nicely Coiffed
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nicely Coiffed
A poodle enters a barber shop on a street in Deauville, Normandy, France, 1970.
40 x 60" inches / 101 x 152 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Tram Turntable - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tram Turntable
A tram being manually rotated on a turntable in San Francisco, California, 1960.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Sports
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
Slim Aarons Chromogenic C print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Produced utilising the o...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'George Hamilton' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton' 1968 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
American actor George Hamilton relaxes on a deckchair in Capri, 1968.
Produced from the original transparency
Certi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Tennis In The Bahamas Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Tennis In The Bahamas
1957
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons 'Christmas Swim' 1954 Official Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Christmas Swim' 1954 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorat...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
'Moutain Buffet' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Moutain Buffet' 1987 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le Chabichou', and Alb...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
'Sugarbush Skiing' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Sugarbush Skiing' 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
An outdoor bar at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, March 1969.
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Nelda and Friends, Palm Springs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. From right to left, former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), unknown, Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat). The Linsks are the current owners of the house.
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
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."
Slim Aarons
Nelda and...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'Early Riders' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Early Riders' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern California, Janu...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print, Color
Mittersill Castle, Austria, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a glider resting on the ground by Mittersill Castle, Austria.
This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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'The Fullers' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'The Fullers' 1970 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
'Positano Beach' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Positano Beach' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. (P...
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