Slim Aarons Portrait 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
Eva Gabor, Estate Edition Photograph, Midcentury Classic Hollywood, Vintage Pink
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TV and film actress Eva Gabor takes a coffee in an unfinished bedroom in Bay Roc Hotel, Montego, Jamaica, 1950. In this classic image of vintage mid-century ...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Pebble Beach Hunt, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riders gather in the courtyard of Richard Collins' House for the stirrup cup libation, before the start of the Pebble Beach Hunt of English and American foxhounds, November 1976. The...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Party At Romanoff's, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A party at Romanoff's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Modern es...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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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.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity inc...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Michelle, Bahamas, 1971. Margurite's husband, Lynden Pindling, is the Prime Minister of the Bah...
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Model Boat Sailing, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of young boys sailing model boats at Harlem Meer, Central Park, New York Cit...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Slim Aarons, Polo Party, 1981 (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach, April 1981. Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Bu...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Hotel Il San Pietro, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stampe...
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Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1957: Singer Julie London enjoying breakfast in bed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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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 Portrait Photography
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Palm Springs Life, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Li...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers making their way between the slopes in Kitzbühel, Austria.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Coffee With Dalí, Madrid, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madrid...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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The St. Regis, New York, Estate Edition, Event Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s event photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features an aerial view of diners at the St. Regis, New York.
This is an estate stamped and hand numbe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Sunbathing In Venice, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman sunbatheing, wearing a novelty straw sun hat with built-in sunglasses, Venice.
Th...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait 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 Portrait Photography
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Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Catherine Wilke - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Catherine Wilke
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
Paper size 30 x20" inches / 76 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by S...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Winter Suntans 1960 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Winter Suntans - Oversize
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 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.
winter snow snowy travel vacation resort relaxing leisure 1960s 60s fashion...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print, Color
Mrs. Leland Hayward, 'The Jansen Shop', New York City, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1964, Mrs Leland Hayward, better known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, who later became US Ambassador to France, at her antiques shop 'The Jansen Shop', New York City.
Complimentary d...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s winter landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features people ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989.
This is an...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Jack and GeeGee Entz on Rose-Canopied Steps, Tivoli
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jack and GeeGee Entz beneath the rose-canopied steps which lead to the entrance of the tennis courts at the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy, ...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Slim Aarons - Family Snapper - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Family Snapper - Estate Stamped
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their cottage, Round Hill, Jamai...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Crowded Kitzbühel, Austria, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers making their way between the slopes in Kitzbühel, Austria.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Parrot Jungle, Miami, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1955 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family day out at the Parrot Jungle amusement park near Miami.
This is an estate stamped and...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Gordon C. MacKenzie, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the race driver Gordon C. MacKenzie in Franconia, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1982: Art collector Sylvia Coca sits in front of one of Jean Cocteau's murals in Marbella. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Auth...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Diana 'Dysie' Davie, wife of T Bedford Davie, poses for the painter John Orr in her home in Wort...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 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.
Paper size 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released.
This exquisite ph...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons - Capote at home - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Capote At Home by Slim Aarons
Author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984) relaxes with a book and a cigarette in his cluttered apartment, Brooklyn Heights, New York, 1958.
The renowned author is photographed in his fashionably and colourfully eclectic apartment. He is seated in an arm chair, reading a book and holding a cigarette surrounded by his many belongings in his sitting room.
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'.
An exquisite LIMITED Edition Slim Aarons ESTATE STAMPED C Print.
Numbered in ink and emboss stamped by the Estate on front.
Supplied with certificate of authenticity.
Gorgeous print measuring 30 x 30 inches / ca 76 x 76 cm's.
Produced utilising the original transparency held at archive source.
GALERIE PRINTS works directly with the Slim Aarons Estate and Archive in London, England.
We ship regularly using Fedex Express services and shipping to all international locations is complimentary.
Truman Capote High Society Red New York 1950s surprising stunning low table plant cats cat pink pillows lamp
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons - Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc - Estate Stamped
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). Guests standing by a white Rolls-Royce convertible courtesy car at th...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of friends squeeze onto an inflatable raft at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy.
This...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons - Boy Baron - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons - Boy Baron - Estate Stamped
The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron and 10th Baronet Hes...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
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...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman holding her skis in North Conway, New Hampshire.
This is an estate stamped and han...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Style 'Inga Lindgren And Poodles'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
1956 (printed later)
Silver gelatin print
estate signature stamped edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity
Swedish model Inga Lindgren...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Slim Aarons - Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 - Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Nassau Beach Hotel 1959 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released.
This exquisite p...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
'Andros Island' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Andros Island' 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Friends prepare for a day snorkelling by Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957.
This photograph epitomises the travel style and glamo...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons, Capri Cruise (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Princess Laudomia Hercolani (in blue) and friends enjoy an on-deck siesta whilst cruising near Capri, July 1958.
Slim Aarons
Capri Cruise, 1958
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate stam...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Cortina D'Ampezzo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons
Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with ...
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1980s American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Cocteau Collector, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1982: Art collector Sylvia Coca sits in front of one of Jean Cocteau's murals in Marbella. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Auth...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports 1958 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Sports - Oversize
Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic print
paper size 30 x 20"...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print, Color
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features philanthropist and entertainment mogul Sir Run Run Shaw surrounded by the stars of Hong Ko...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Slim Aarons 'Gloria Schiff at Lyford Cay'
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Schiff, the twin sister of Consuelo Crespi, with her pet dog and pet birds at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas, 1963
Estate stamped and hand numbered editi...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Coffee With Dalí, 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 Spanish artist Salvador Dali enjoys a cup of coffee on the terrace of the Ritz Hotel, Madri...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons 'Fan Mail', Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film 'The Asphalt Jungle' had been released, Beverly Hills, 195...
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1950s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Checkered Flag 1963 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Checkered Flag - Oversize
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week.
(Photo by Slim ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print, Color
Portrait Sitting, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Diana 'Dysie' Davie, wife of T Bedford Davie, poses for the painter John Orr in her home in Wort...
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1970s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pool On Amalfi Coast 1984 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Pool On Amalfi Coast - Oversize
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St. Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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C Print, Color
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc 1976 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc - Oversize
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976.
(Photo by Slim Aarons)
Chromogenic pri...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Pool at Lake Tahoe, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph Sierra Nevada Mountains
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe Tavern on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. Majestic pine trees frame the bright turquoise pool, and vintage holidaymakers are shaded by fringed pastel umbrellas. The Sierra Nevada mountains rise in the background over Lake Tahoe.
Slim Aarons
Pool at Lake Tahoe
Chromogenic Lambda print
C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper,
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed later
Collector gets the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150).
Internal: Lake Tahoe, vintage tahoe...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing 1973 - Oversize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Speedboat Landing - Oversize
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 Portrait Photography
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C Print, Color
The Ali Children, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
August 1980: In Spanish style riding clothes from l to r; TRH Princess Rajwa Ali, Princess Basma Ali and Prince Bin Ali. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Editi...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Portrait Photography
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Find a wide variety of authentic Slim Aarons portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of portrait 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 portrait photography, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Mark Shaw, Bob Willoughby, and Mark Beard. Slim Aarons portrait photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $960 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work can sell for $3,000.