Slim Aarons Landscape 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 'Mr & Mrs Donald Leas with Rolls Royce, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
April 1968: Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Abaco Holiday
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, March 1986.
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Slim Aarons - Fishing Boats 1952 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Fishing Boats
Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952.
Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
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Slim Aarons - John Rawlings 1950 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
John Rawlings
1950, Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 - 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Paper size 50 x 50 / 127 x 127 cm
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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.
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Skiing Holiday 1977 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skiing Holiday
American political novelist William F Buckley Jnr takes a break from skiing near Gstaad with Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbr...
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Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
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Lounging in Verbier, Swiss Alps, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mou...
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Pool Party' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests lounge by the pool at a party in Palm Beach, Florida, 1951.
Slim Aarons
Palm Beach Pool Party
1951
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Portofino Villa, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
Portofino Villa
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'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc' 1976 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
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Bahamas Speed Week, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1963: In this scene of vintage racing, red and blue classic cars line up at Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau.
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NEW Slim Aarons 'Palm Beach Via Mizner Shop Owners' Mid-century Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Via Mizner store owners Diana 'Dysie' Davie (second from left, wearing a yellow turtleneck sweater) and Charles Amory (far left, wearing yellow pants) posed with their fellow store o...
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Snowmass Picnic (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A stand-up fondue picnic for skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. The village was opened in 1967.
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Pool at Lake Tahoe (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Poolside Chez Holder 1970
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Poolside Chez Holder
Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970.
Paper size 10 x 12" inches / 25 x 30 cm
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Slim Aarons 'Nice Pool' 1955 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Nice Pool' 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
1955. American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs. F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 – 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudle...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Hotel Excelsior
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Hotel Excelsior
The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957.
48x48" / 122 x 122 cm paper size
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Hotel' Midcentury Modern Photography - Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980
Hotel Il Pellicano
1980 (printed later)
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Gstaad Town Centre, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the town centre at the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland.
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Neo-Classical Pool 1985
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Neo-Classical Pool
Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985.
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Slim Aarons 'Il Pellicano Beach Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
Slim Aarons
'Il Pellicano Beach, Porto Ecole'
Il Pellicano, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, Italy
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
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.
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). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, 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.
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Slim Aarons, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968.
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Saint-Tropez Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
30 x 40 inches
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$3000
20 x 24 inches
$2500
10 x 12 inches
$1350
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Loving Look?, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
September 1968: Film star Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) gazes at his third wife Leslie Allen while relaxing at the Quisisana Hotel, Capri.
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Mick Jagger on Holiday, Mustique Island, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features British rock star Mick Jagger holidays on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines.
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Saint-Tropez Beach Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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Slim Aarons - Katharine Hepburn - estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953.
This gorgeo...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lillian Crawford, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolving, in Palm Beach, May 1970.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jean Serpieri 1961 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jean Serpieri
Madame Jean Serpieri sits in the ballroom of the Tour La Reine near Athens, wearing a gown that belonged to the wife of Otto, the first king of modern Greece, Decembe...
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Hôtel du Cap, Eden-Roc, Antibes, France (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An aerial view of the luxurious Hotel du Cap, Eden-Roc in the French Riviera. Taken Antibes, France August 1976
Hôtel du Cap, Eden-Roc
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Snowmass Gathering
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Snowmass Gathering
Two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people attending a party in Snowmass Village, in Pitkin County, Colorado, in A...
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Slim Aarons Official Estate Print - Patsy Pulitzer 1955 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Patsy Pulitzer
Patsy Pulitzer relaxing by a pool in Palm Beach, Florida.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x 101 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim Aaron...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Abaco Islander 1986 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Abaco Islander
Author Chester Thompson at work in his coconut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, March 1986. His ancester Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783, fou...
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Slim Aarons Estate Edition - All Aboard
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. (Photo by Slim Aarons)
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 40" inches / ca 76.2 x 101.6 cm’s paper size.
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Jhelum River 1961 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jhelum River
A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’.
Paper size 40 x 40" inches / 101 x ...
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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.
40 x 40...
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Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for b...
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Pool on the Amalfi Coast, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984
Experience the timeless allure of the Amalfi Coast with Slim Aarons' captivating photograph, "Pool on the Amalfi Coast...
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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.
30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Ed...
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Capri Holiday, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swimmers off the Italian island of Capri, 1958.
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.
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Beverly Hills Hotel Slide Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957.
Slim Aarons
1957, printed later
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, contin...
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Zephyria I, Estate Edition. Monte Carlo French Riviera Speedboat Seascape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monte Carlo, 1970: This classic landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a vintage wooden and red painted speedboat carrying holidaygoers in the ...
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'Positano Beach' 1979 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Positano Beach'
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate...
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Slim Aarons - Jhelum River - Estate stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Jhelum River by Slim Aarons
A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the 'HB Cutty Sark'.
An idyllic scene with b...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Elephant Walk, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests around the pool at Elephant Walk, Duncan McMartin's villa in Bermuda, September 1977.
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Slim Aarons, Francine Brandt (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961.
Slim Aarons
Francine Brandt
Chromogenic Lambda print
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Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency
Printed Later
Certificate of Authenticity included
Collector 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.
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). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
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Slim Aarons - Klosters - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Klosters by Slim Aarons
Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963.
Skiers walk past the hotel and along the snow covered road carrying skis on their shoulders. The...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Palm Springs Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and Helen Dzo Dzo (second from right)
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."
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Palm Springs Party...
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Slim Aarons 'Pool At Lake Tahoe'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Pool At Lake Tahoe
1959 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Caption: Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the sh...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape 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 Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Digging for Clams' 1960 Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, with a sailboat on the sand behind them and joined by their dog in Massachusetts Bay...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vermont Winter, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
This 1960s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features students from Sto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring a large 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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C Print
Verbier Vacation, Estate Edition, Swiss Alps Mountain Snow Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss Alps, 1964: This landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holiday-makers taking in the sunset on a white snowy mountain top in Verbier, Swit...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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'Speedboat Landing' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Speedboat Landing' 1973 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole,...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, The High Life
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Actor George Hamilton (in blue) takes off in a speedboat with friends Ruth Luthi, Sabine Korte and Mike Belami, during a stay in St Tropez. September 1968.
Estate stamped and hand n...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Skiing Holiday, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition. Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Holiday, Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition. Winter Portrait Photograph
This late 1970s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features A...
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1970s American Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons - Lounging In Verbier Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Lounging In Verbier' by Slim Aarons
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964.
Gorgeous print measuring a large 60 x 40" inches / ca 152 x...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Archival Pigment
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