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Realist 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
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1957-printed later

$3,900
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph, 1959-printed later

$3,900
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stampe...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snorkelling In The Shallows, Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph, 1959-printed later

$4,200
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph, 1959-printed later

$2,400
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph, 1959-printed later

$3,000
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s aerial landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta. This is an estate stamped ...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Snorkelling In Malta, Estate Edition, Aerial Waterscape Photograph, 1959-printed later

$3,600
Trinity College Bridge, Cambridge, Albumen photograph c. 1870
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Trinity College Bridge, Cambridge, Albumen photograph c. 1870

Trinity College Bridge, Cambridge, Albumen photograph c. 1870, c. 1870

$151
Slim Aarons Hotel Taormina Pool
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaro...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons Hotel Taormina Pool
Slim Aarons Hotel Taormina Pool

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Hotel Taormina Pool , 1975

$3,900
Slim Aarons, Coconut Cocktail (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Teddy Stauffer and a friend share a cocktail, from a coconut shell, Acapulco, Mexico, 1952. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Coconut Cocktail (Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Coconut Cocktail (Estate Edition), 1952

$2,500
Bohemia s Barracks (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Artistic denizens gather in the lobby of the Chelsea Hotel on W. 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1968. Clockwise from left, Photographer Sandra Daley, architect Nicholas Quenn...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Bohemia s Barracks (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Bohemia s Barracks (Aarons Estate Edition), 1968

$3,350
Sunbathing in Capri (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption: American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authent...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing in Capri (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Sunbathing in Capri (Aarons Estate Edition), 1968

$3,900
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests relaxing by the swimming pool at John Young's villa 'Plantana', Ocho Rios, Jamaic...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1971, printed later

$3,000
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests relaxing by the swimming pool at John Young's villa 'Plantana', Ocho Rios, Jamaic...
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1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1971, printed later

$3,900
Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Alice Topping and Minnie Cushing (left) relaxing with friends in Acapulco, Mexico. This is...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Alice In Acapulco, Mexico, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1966-printed later

$2,400
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sailing In The Bahamas, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1970-printed later

$3,600
Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Marsha Gayle (in red stripes) and a friend relax on a deserted beach near Calabash Bay, An...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marsha Gayle, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1977-printed later

$1,800
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features some friends preparing for a day snorkelling by Andros Island, Bahamas. This is an estate ...
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1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957-printed later

$3,900
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features some friends preparing for a day snorkelling by Andros Island, Bahamas This is an estate s...
Category

1960s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Andros Island, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957-printed later

$4,200
Skiing in Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features (from left to right) Christine Camerana, Caroline Stoop, and Christine Semenenko Warrender...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Skiing in Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing in Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing in Gstaad, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1977-printed later

$3,600
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, 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 crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later

$3,000
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, 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 crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later

$3,600
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, 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 crew member tending to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas. This is an estate...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sailing In Lyford Cay, Bahamas, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970-printed later

$3,900
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain. This is an estate...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marbella House Party, Spain, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1967-printed later

$3,900
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s urban landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph

Slim Aarons
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph, 1953, printed later

$2,400
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s urban landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph

Slim Aarons
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph, 1953, printed later

$3,000
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s urban landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York...
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1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph

Slim Aarons
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph, 1953, printed later

$3,600
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s urban landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph

Slim Aarons
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph, 1953, printed later

$4,200
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s urban landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Christmas trees and red and white automobile light trails on Park Avenue, New York...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph

Slim Aarons
Christmas Traffic, New York, Estate Edition, Long-exposure Photograph, 1953, printed later

$5,400
RCAF Thunderbird Sqn Avro Lancaster II Bomber censored 1944 photograph stamps
Located in London, GB
From a series of Black and White Silver Gelatin photographs of Lancaster Bombers dating from the 1940s we have listed, to see some others, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." "Keeping it Clean" A Thunderbird Squadron Lancaster of RCAF Bomber Group Overseas gets its innards free from dust after its return from an operational flight. Silver Gelatin Photograph 12x10cm Stamped to reverse No Air Ministry Objection 28 March 1944 Subject to Censorship RCAF 426 "Thunderbird" Squadron currently operates as a training establishment. It was formed at Dishforth, Yorkshire, England in October 1942 being declared operational in January 1943, flying Vickers Wellingtons. The squadron converted to Avro Lancaster...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

RCAF Thunderbird Sqn Avro Lancaster II Bomber censored 1944 photograph stamps
RCAF Thunderbird Sqn Avro Lancaster II Bomber censored 1944 photograph stamps

RCAF Thunderbird Sqn Avro Lancaster II Bomber censored 1944 photograph stamps, Probably c. 1940s

$241
Skiing Waiters (Slim Aarons)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
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 in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, circa 19...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Skiing Waiters (Slim Aarons)
Skiing Waiters (Slim Aarons)

Slim Aarons
Skiing Waiters (Slim Aarons), 1960, printed later

$1,800
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA. This is an estate stamp...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Skiing In Stowe, Vermont, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1962, printed later

$1,800
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA This is an estat...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1955, printed later

$1,800
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA This is an estat...
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1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1955, printed later

$2,400
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA This is an estat...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph

Slim Aarons
Cranmore Mountain Skiers, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,600
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Portofino 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. (...
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1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice , 1957

$3,600
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1950 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features model turned fashion editor turned society hostess, Florence Pritchett Smith, covers her sleevel...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Florence Pritchett Smith, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1950, printed later

$1,800
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 Photography

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Lambda

Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957, printed later

$2,400
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...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lido Life, Venice, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957, printed later

$3,600
Slim Aarons Lido Life, Venice
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Lido Life, Venice 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. A waiter serves fruit to...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Lido Life, Venice
Slim Aarons Lido Life, Venice

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Lido Life, Venice , 1957

$2,400
Hawker Siddeley original photograph Lancaster Bomber landing World War 2
Located in London, GB
From a series of Black and White photographs of Lancaster Bombers dating from the 1940s we have listed. Why not check out the others. Lancaster bombe...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Hawker Siddeley original photograph Lancaster Bomber landing World War 2
Hawker Siddeley original photograph Lancaster Bomber landing World War 2

Hawker Siddeley original photograph Lancaster Bomber landing World War 2, c. 1940s

$206
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 authenticity from the estate. S...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print)

Slim Aarons
Julie London (Aarons Estate Print), 1957

$4,200
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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1940s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1947, Printed Later

$2,400
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City. This i...
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1940s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Marbles Championship, New York City, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1947, Printed Later

$3,000
Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne in Canton Nidwald...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sunbathing In Burgenstock, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$2,400
Champagne 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 (in white crochet, left) talking to a guest by the pool at Ne...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Champagne by the Pool, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1970, printed later

$1,800
Slim Aarons, Amalfi Coast (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons Amalfi Coast, 1978 C-print Estate edition of 150 Windsurfing on the waters off the Amalfi Coast, Italy, in September 1978. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Amalfi Coast (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Amalfi Coast (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), 1978

$3,000
Massimo Listri Castello di Rivoli III - Torino
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Castello di Rivoli III - Torino "What makes his work unique is how he has made interiors look so absolutely vivid, as if they had a secret life of their own that only he knows how t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography

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C Print

Massimo Listri Castello di Rivoli III - Torino

Massimo Listri
Massimo Listri Castello di Rivoli III - Torino , 2007

$14,500
Poolside Waiting, Palm Springs, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a waiter by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

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

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

$2,400
Sundowners at the Carlton, Cannes
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from th...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sundowners at the Carlton, Cannes

Slim Aarons
Sundowners at the Carlton, Cannes, 1958

$1,800
Last-minute Adjustments, 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 young woman has last-minute adjustments made to her dress at a debutante ball. This is a...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Last-minute Adjustments, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955-printed later

$3,000
Cotton Bay
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
The Campbells' pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of a...
Category

1980s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Cotton Bay

Slim Aarons
Cotton Bay, 1982

$4,900
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...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1979, printed later

$3,600
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...
Category

1970s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Sir Run Run Shaw, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1979, printed later

$3,000
Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film star Joan Collins relaxes with her pink poodle on her pink bed. Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aaron...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition)

Slim Aarons
Joan Collins Relaxes - (Aarons Estate Edition), 1955

$2,150
Massimo Listri Castello di Rivoli III - Torino
By Massimo Listri
Located in New York, NY
Castello di Rivoli III - Torino "What makes his work unique is how he has made interiors look so absolutely vivid, as if they had a secret life of their own that only he knows how t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography

Materials

C Print

Massimo Listri Castello di Rivoli III - Torino

Massimo Listri
Massimo Listri Castello di Rivoli III - Torino , 2007

$14,500
Slim Aarons Kings of Hollywood
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's party held at R...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

Slim Aarons Kings of Hollywood

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Kings of Hollywood , 1957

$3,900
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...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
North Conway, New Hampshire, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$2,400
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...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Lambda

The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
The Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1957, printed later

$2,400
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Portofino 1957 C print Signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the Slim Aarons estate. The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in ...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice , 1957

$5,400
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Westin Excelsior in Venice 1957 C print Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate. Slim Aarons, an acclaimed fine art photo...
Category

1950s Realist Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice Mid-century Modern Photography
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice Mid-century Modern Photography

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Westin Excelsior, Venice Mid-century Modern Photography, 1955

$5,400

Realist photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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 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, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Slim Aarons, Pico Garcez, Kind of Cyan, and Massimo Listri. 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 photography, so small editions measuring 3.94 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $105 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.

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