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
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a helicopter arriving at a mo...
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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."
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Princess Bianca, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Princess Bianca Hanau-Schaumburg at her Gstaad chalet, 1985.
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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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Spinnaker Sailing, Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spinnaker sailing on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1973
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
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Eden Rock, Estate Edition, Bay of St. Jean in the Caribbean island of St. Barts
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The mansion of Remy de Haenen on a peninsula in the bay of St. Jean at Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St Barts (Saint-Barthelemy), March 1973. The house is now a hotel
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Hôtel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers in a motorboat off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969.
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Skiers at Gstaad, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969.
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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.
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Pool by the Sea, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969.
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French Bath, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joyce Pallardy relaxes at the Villa Macopa, the home of Mrs Andre Hammel in St Tropez, August 1977.
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Hotel Olden, Gstaad, Estate Edition, Urban Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s urban photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people carrying their skis past the Hotel Olden in Gstaad, 1961.
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Slim Aarons 'Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes' Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc
1976
C-Print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate
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Skiers at Verbier, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland. 1964.
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Pool At Porto Rotondo, Estate Edition (Sardinia, Italy)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Pool at Porto Rotundo, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of a swimming pool in Rosarda, Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, Italy, August 1982.
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Stocking Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s aerial seascape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch 'Traveler II' , Stocking Island...
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II Pellicano Hotel, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980.
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Jhelum River, Jammu and Kashmir, India
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the 'HB Cutty Sark'.
48 x 48 inches
$4500
40 x 40 inches
$3950
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Poolside Host, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. At far left is Lita Baron. Helen Dzo Dzo is at centre, right in a white crochet outfit...
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Slim Aarons 'Relaxing at Lake Tahoe' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959 (printed later).
Relaxing at Lake Tahoe
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Drinks at Gstaad, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Models from Parisian jeweller M. Gerard enjoying drinks on the terrace of The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1984.
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Slim Aarons, Holiday in the Bahamas (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holiday in the Bahamas, 1959
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
Scuba diving in the Bahamas, 1959.
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Sugarbush Skiing, Vermont, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1660 winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an individual skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960.
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Algarve Hotel Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests in the pool at the Algarve Hotel, the Algarve, Portugal, 1970
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy,...
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Slim and Sphinx, Estate Edition: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at Shepheard's
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1964: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at work in Shepheard's night club whose decor recreates a famous Cairo bar. Two gold and turquoise sphinxes flank the DJ, who is posed behind two record players and before a glittering sculpture.
Hyatt is often credited as the first disco DJ in the US. Initially hired by Oliver Coquelin upon the opening of Le Club, Hyatt quickly became one of the most revered figures in the emerging disco scene. He also DJed at Doubles from 1984 to 1995, and has been called by the painter and bandleader Peter Duchin “the first discotheque artist in New York."
Slim and Sphinx, 1964
Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Chromogenic Lambda C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed Later
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, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer.
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.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
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.
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 *
Internal: Vintage New York, Vintage glamour, 60's glamour, Vintage DJ...
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Esther Williams in Florida, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams by the pool with friends in Florida, 1955
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Snowmass Picnic - Aspen Colorado Ski Resort American Winter Ski Sports Resort
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Snowmass Picnic - Aspen Colorado Ski Resort American Winter Ski Sports Resort by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Snowmass Picnic" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print by 20th Century photographer Slim Aarons.
A stand-up fondue picnic for the skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, in Colorado. The picnic was organized by Holiday magazine, with the helicopter in the background being used to bring up hot food.
The guest list included one Olympic skier, the president of IBM, an American restaurateur, and the CEO of Head Ski...
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Lounging in Bermuda, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jill Council relaxes with a drink by a swimming pool in Bermuda, 1969
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy...
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Towboat at Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc, Estate Edition Photograph, Antibes, Waterski
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A motorboat, used to tow waterskiiers, moored at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. Aarons' iconic photograph depicts the legendary hotel made f...
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Skiing Waiters, Estate Edition, midcentury glamour in Stowe, Vermont
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skiing Waters
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
40 x 40 inches
Three skiing waiters on a ski slope, with the man in the foreground carrying a bird on a tray, the second man carrying a wine...
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Actors in Antibes, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actors Kirk Douglas (left), Louis Jourdan and Jourdan's wife Quiquie enjoying the water at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969
Over the course of...
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Esther Williams in Florida, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams by the pool with friends in Florida, 1955
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons...
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Self Portrait on Holiday in Athens, Greece (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Legendary photographer Slim Aarons relaxes in a self portrait shot in Athens, near the Acropolis.
Slim Aarons said, "I love a solo holiday. It tends to refresh the part of oneself that is most depleted by modern life — patience.
"Let me dispel a few myths. You will be lonely. No: you won’t. My solo travels in Paris have brought many perfect hours of being alone but not a moment of loneliness. People who depend on other people are often in hiding from themselves. Two and a quarter million people live in the City of Light: you will see many of them and you will pass them in the street, but when you see Notre Dame after dark and walk home and perhaps stop to have a drink in the Marais, you can feel that the only thing that is missing from your experience is the common dependency on someone to distract your attention.
"I’ve had solo pints of Guinness in the pubs of County Kerry and County Cork. I’ve walked across the sage- and juniper-scented maquis of Corsica on a spring day, where you can still find the world of Napoleon’s childhood. More than once I went to the Isle of Iona in the Scottish Hebrides...
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Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 1975
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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Skiers at Verbier (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers at Verbier, 1964
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Skiers relax in deckchairs on th...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Poolside Party, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann
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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Poolside Party...
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Marbella Club, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a guest taking a break from the sun at the Marbella Club, Marb...
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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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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.
This is an estate stamped and...
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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.
This is an estate stamped and...
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Monte Carlo Swimwear, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A woman in a black cutaway swimsuit and turquoise scarf under a red, fringed umbrella in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in August 1970.
In this classic Slim Aarons scene of 1970's vintage seaside glamour, a red umbrella with white fringe adds movement at the top right corner, and the subject's arms direct the viewer's eye across the picture in a zig-zag fashion. In the background, yellow and green umbrellas shade...
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Slim Aarons 'Skiing In Seefeld' - Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Skiing In Seefeld
1985 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A group of men and women go cross-country sk...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Backgammon by the Pool, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Women playing backgammon while sunbathing at the Habitation Leclerc pool, January 1975
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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Backgammon by the pool...
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Slim Aarons 'El Venero, Marbella, Spain'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both b...
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Slim Aarons 'Poolside In Sotogrande'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
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Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chalet Costi, Zermatt, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers outside the Ch...
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Dining At The Eagle Club, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photogra
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1660s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1969.
This is an estat...
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The Klosters, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Klosters, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna...
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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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Acapulco Villa, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph on the Pacific Coast
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This midcentury landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Las Brisas Residencias, home of Eustaquio Escandon in Acapulco, where Henry Kissinger spe...
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Slim Aarons 'Portofino Villa' Midcentury Modern
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
Portofino Villa
1977 (printed later)
C print
Estate sta...
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'Capri Tan' Estate Edition, 1968, Italy: vintage 60s beach fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy.
From a recent Vogue article on the photography of Slim Aarons: "The iconic Capri is always teeming with a variety of hotels, each more beautiful than the last. A stone's throw from the Villa Malaparte from Jean-Luc Godard's movie Contempt, the Faraglioni cliffs plunging into the turquoise of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the colorful houses that climb the bay. The Hotel Punta Tragara was one of Slim Aarons' favorite spots in Italy."
Slim Aarons
Capri Tan...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Porto Rotondo, #1 Estate Edition (Yachts in Sardinia, Italy)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Pool at Porto Rotundo, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990.
Visual Descript...
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1990s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons, Lillian Crawford Palm Beach, 1970
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Lillian Crawford Palm Beach, 1970
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolvin...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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C Print
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."
Slim Aarons
Palm Springs Party...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Caleta Beach, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a couple walking on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968.
This is an esta...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons : Eden Roc Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
Slim Aarons worked mainly for society publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous both before...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Monte Carlo, Monaco, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features friends boarding a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco,
This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
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Lambda
Von Oswald House, Austria (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Von Oswald House, Austria, 1986
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
A group of people r...
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1980s Minimalist Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons riding a bike along the quayside in Hawaii with cameras slung around his neck during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in 1954.
state stamped and hand numbered edition of ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Landscape Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons landscape photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons landscape photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of landscape photography to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, pink and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Slim Aarons in digital print, lambda print, laser print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Slim Aarons landscape photography, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Robert Farber, Sean Scully, and Deborah Eddy. Slim Aarons landscape photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $550 and tops out at $21,150, while the average work can sell for $3,350.