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Realist Portrait Photography

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mrs. A. Watson Armour III walking with her poodles on her Lake Forest Estate, Illinois, USA. T...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mrs. A. Watson Armour III, Illinois, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$2,400
Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs By Nobuyoshi Araki
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Artist: Nobuyoshi Araki (b.1940) Artwork: Photographoary: Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17 (set of four pieces) Medium: Gelatin silver print Size: 11.1 × 16.7 cm. × 4 4 3/8 ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs By Nobuyoshi Araki
Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs By Nobuyoshi Araki

Nobuyoshi Araki
Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs By Nobuyoshi Araki, 2017

$10,000
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy. This is an estate sta...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1984 - Printed Later

$1,800
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, wife of senator Leverett Saltonstall in Palm Beach, USA. T...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958 - Printed Later

$2,400
Rosemary And Khaled Said, Marbella, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rosemary Saïd, wife of Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier Wafic Saïd, and son Khaled, relaxin...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Rosemary And Khaled Said, Marbella, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rosemary And Khaled Said, Marbella, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rosemary And Khaled Said, Marbella, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1982 - Printed Later

$1,800
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy. This is an estate sta...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Donna Fabrizia Lanza Di Mazzarino, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1984 - Printed Later

$3,000
Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Leonard Dalsemer Villa, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide. Undercurrent Projects is p...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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C Print

Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Leonard Dalsemer Villa, Estate Edition
Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Leonard Dalsemer Villa, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, Leonard Dalsemer Villa, Estate Edition, 1974

$1,800
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1962 - Printed Later

$2,400
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1962 - Printed Later

$3,600
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features five people relaxing on the terrace of the glass-fronted triangular Skaal House in the S...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1962 - Printed Later

$3,900
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$2,400
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,600
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features three skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in ...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,900
Colin Tennant, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, on the island of Mustique, which he owns privately, March 1973. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and s...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Colin Tennant, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph
Colin Tennant, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Colin Tennant, Estate Edition, Midcentury Modern Photograph, 1973, printed later

$4,200
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out h...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Fan Mail, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1952 - printed later

$3,000
Slim Aarons, View from Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aerial view with sunbathers and parasols and, dotted with yachts and small boats, the waters off the coast of Porto Ercole, Tuscany, in July 1991. The ...
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1990s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, View from Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Slim Aarons, View from Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, View from Il Pellicano (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1991

$6,100
Chalet Costi (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers outside the Chalet Costi in Zermatt, 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Sli...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Chalet Costi (Aarons Estate Edition)
Chalet Costi (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Chalet Costi (Aarons Estate Edition), Printed Later

$1,850
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico. This ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,000
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico. This ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Hibiscus Flowers, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - Printed Later

$2,400
Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Mercedes Herrera de Benacerraf at her villa 'Quinta Mercedes', Formentor, Spain. This is...
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1980s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Mercedes Herrera De Benacerraf, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1987 - printed later

$1,800
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$3,600
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Fashions, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$1,800
Helen Nelda by the Pool, 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 former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$4,200
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt at home in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Wendy Vanderbilt, Palm Beach, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1964 - printed later

$5,400
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests of American publisher Hugh Hefner enjoying themselves at a party being held at th...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Party At The Playboy Mansion, Chicago, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960 - printed later

$5,400
Helen Nelda by the Pool, 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 former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$2,400
Poolside Chic, 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 guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$4,200
C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach (Estate Edition, #1)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
C.Z. Guest, 1955: The American socialite with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955 Slim Aarons C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, 1955 La...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach (Estate Edition, #1)
C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach (Estate Edition, #1)

Slim Aarons
C.Z. Guest With Her Great Dane, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach (Estate Edition, #1), 1955

$3,900
Poolside Entertaining, 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 guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$5,400
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
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1950s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$3,000
Poolside Social, 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 a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$3,600
Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition Tania Mallet in the Bahamas
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film 'Go...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition Tania Mallet in the Bahamas
Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition Tania Mallet in the Bahamas

Slim Aarons
Iconic Slim Aarons Estate Edition Tania Mallet in the Bahamas , 1961

$4,200
Helen Nelda by the Pool, 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 former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Lins...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Helen Nelda by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,600
Poolside Social, 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 a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$2,400
Poolside Social, 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 a poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Sp...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Social, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$3,000
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

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Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1960 - Printed Later

$1,800
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,600
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1960 - Printed Later

$3,900
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people relaxing at the chalet of stockbroker A Albert Sack Jr, at the Sugarbus...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo

Slim Aarons
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, Vermont, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo, 1960 - Printed Later

$4,200
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$5,400
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$4,200
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$3,900
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two women, wearing brightly-coloured skiwear, stand in the foreground of a group of people...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snowmass Gathering, Colorado, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph, 1968 - Printed Later

$3,600
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand numbere...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph, 1963 - Printed Later

$3,900
Portriat of Tom Petchlsig
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Tom Petchlsig, ca. 1975. Period print measures 8 x 10 inches; 16 x 20 inches frames. Artist studio stamp on ve...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Portriat of Tom Petchlsig
Portriat of Tom Petchlsig

Victor Arimondi
Portriat of Tom Petchlsig, Ca. 1975

$540 Sale Price
40% Off
Poolside Entertaining, 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 guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$3,000
Poolside Entertaining, 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 guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Entertaining, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$4,200
Poolside Chic, 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 guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The ...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Poolside Chic, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970 - printed later

$1,800
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...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Fan Mail (Marilyn Monroe in Red), Estate Edition, 1961

$4,200
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unknown guest at a New Year's Eve party held at the Romanoff Restaurant in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and s...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Decked In Finery, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, 1968

$1,800
Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed.
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 1968: Singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed.
Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed.

Slim Aarons
Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed., Printed Later

$4,200
Turn of the Century Photograph -- The Poet s Son Billie, 1898
By Arnold Genthe
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century portrait of a young boy by Arnold Genthe (German/American, 19th-20th C), 1898. Signed "Arnold Genthe" lower left. "Billie, 11 mo." on v...
Category

1890s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Turn of the Century Photograph -- The Poet s Son Billie, 1898
Turn of the Century Photograph -- The Poet s Son Billie, 1898

Arnold Genthe
Turn of the Century Photograph -- The Poet s Son Billie, 1898, 1898

$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Massimo Family, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1960, Prince and Princess Massimo with five of their six children in their residence, Palazzo Massimo all Colonne, Rome, Italy. Slim Aarons Estate Ed...
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Massimo Family, Estate Edition
Massimo Family, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Massimo Family, Estate Edition, 1957

$5,400
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1955s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, during the filming of 'Mister Roberts' in Ha...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rita Aarons, Hawaii, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$1,800
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest, 1920 - 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Dougl...
Category

1950s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph, 1955 - Printed Later

$5,070
Skiing Waitress, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ski 'bum' Alice Clement, a waitress and dishwasher at Stowe, Vermont when not on the slope...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Skiing Waitress, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing Waitress, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing Waitress, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1960, printed later

$2,400
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Rockefeller brothers in their Radio City, New York office. Left to right, Laurance (1910 - 2...
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Rockefeller Brothers, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1980, printed later

$3,000
Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Elizabeth Campbell Parks and Leslie, her daughter with the photographer and filmmaker Gor...
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Elizabeth Campbell Parks, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1971, printed later

$1,800
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons's iconic and unusual photograph of 60's rock and roll legends, captured in a moment of casual glamour. 1968: From left to right, Singer Marianne Faithfull, the Honorable Desmond Guinness and Mick Jagger (of the Rolling Stones) sit on a sofa under a large gilt framed portrait of a woman in 18th century silk dress at Leixlip Castle, Ireland, the home of Desmond Guinness. The sofa is a deep burgundy red, and the background features a richly patterned and gilded wallpaper...
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle

Slim Aarons
Pop and Society: Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull at vintage Leixlip Castle, 1968

$5,400

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Find a wide variety of authentic Realist portrait photography available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, pink, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Bob Willoughby, Mitchell Funk, and Milton Rogovin. Frequently made by artists working with Digital Print, and Lambda Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist portrait photography, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait photography made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $380 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.

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