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
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 Photography
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Lambda
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...
Category
1980s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
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...
Category
1980s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
Mittersill Castle, Austria, 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 glider resting on the ground by Mittersill Castle, Austria.
This is an estate stamped ...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French painter Gaëtan de Rosnay showing his work in Klosters, Switzerland.
This is an es...
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1980s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French painter Gaëtan de Rosnay showing his work in Klosters, Switzerland.
This is an es...
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1980s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Gaëtan de Rosnay, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features French painter Gaëtan de Rosnay showing his work in Klosters, Switzerland.
This is an es...
Category
1980s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
El Venero, Marbella
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1971.
El Venero
1971
C print
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered editio...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Caped Skiers (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Led by skimaster Stein Eriksen, skiers 'sail' down a slope at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado, circa 1967. The skiers are wearing thin capes which attach to their wrists and billow out l...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Vermont Winter (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
circa 1960: Students from Stowe Preparatory School track through deep snow near Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak, Vermont.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with cert...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego.
This is an estate stamp...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California.
This is an estate ...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Jim Kimberly, California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jim Kimberly and Kim Wadsworth at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California.
This is an estate ...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Beverly Hills Party, Los Angeles, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1954 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American actors Lauren Bacall and Judy Garland attending a house party in Beverly Hills.
This i...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Portofino Villa (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel's villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with c...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Mi...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Marguerite Pindling, Bahama, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling with her children Obafemi, Leslie, Monique and Mi...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Pool At Carvoeiro (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Holidaymakers round a pool, Carvoeiro, Portugal, July 1970.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Slim Aarons (1916-200...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Donna Anna Monroy di Giampilieri (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
1984, Donna Anna Monroy di Giampilieri in the early-Empire drawing room of the Villa Spedalotto, near Palermo, Sicily.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certific...
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1980s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Seaside Picnic (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Rudulph Ellis Carter holds a picnic in Newport, August 1987.
The group includes David Lindh, Frank Gilligan, Kenneth Lindh, Diana Prince, Foxy Carter, Lisette Prince de Ramel, Yusha...
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1980s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Faithful Couple (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Caption:August 1968: Singer Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones stand in front of a gilt framed portrait in Castletown Mansion, Eire.
Estate stamped and hand nu...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Leisure and Fashion (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A woman watching a poolside fashion show at the Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, 1961.
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity from the ...
Category
1960s Realist Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Lambda
Slim Aarons
CZ
s House, Villa Artemis
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida. ...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Delos Column #2
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
Delos Column #2
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 10
20 x 16 inches
edition of 20
Where light was born
It’s a UNESCO world heritage site. It’s an ark of history, floating lazily on the waters of the Aegean Sea, just a few miles away from cosmopolitan Mykonos. It’s a chance to walk around the revival of the glory of the Greek civilization. It’s the head priest of the Cyclades, the birthplace of the immortals. In the ancient times, the myth of god Apollo, god of light, and goddess Artemis having been born there rendered the island sacred: no mortal would ever be allowed to be born on its land. But, a cradle of gods as the island has been, no mortals would ever be allowed to die on it either. So, apart from it being a conspicuous religious and economic centre, the island had also been exclusive in that: even during the years of peak of the Delian Alliance, women on the brink of childbirth and people close to dying would be carried to the neighbouring island of Rineia. The whole of the known world of that age was aware of the sacredness of the island and of its uniqueness.
Lee Wells is a conceptual artist, independent curator and writer working in New York since 2000. His artwork and projects question systems of power and control and have been exhibited internationally, including the 51st Venice Biennale, 2nd Moscow Biennial, The Guggenheim Museum, NCCA Moscow, PS1/MoMA, and the 1st Mykonos Biennale. He has lectured on art, technology, and contemporary society at many schools and universities including: Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Visual Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Moscow School of Photography, and others. His projects and exhibitions have been reviewed, publications include: The New York Times, The NY Observer, The Art Newspaper...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxford...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxford...
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1970s Realist Photography
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Lambda
The Marlboroughs, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxford...
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1970s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
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
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
La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, San Diego, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, La Jolla, San Diego.
This is an estate stamp...
Category
1970s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
September Affair, Rome, 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 crowd gathering to watch the actors Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten on the set of Willia...
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1940s Realist Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.
This is an es...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
SS Queen Of Bermuda, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Maritime Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s maritime photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the British ocean liner 'SS Queen of Bermuda' in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.
This is an es...
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1950s Realist 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 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 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 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 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 Photography
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Lambda
Palace Hotel, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Winter Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ice skating at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1989.
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Mode...
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1980s Realist 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 Photography
Materials
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 Photography
Materials
Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
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 Photography
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Lambda
Marian Anderson, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American contralto Marian Anderson during the filming for 'The Ford 50th Anniversary Show...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Marian Anderson, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American contralto Marian Anderson during the filming for 'The Ford 50th Anniversary Show...
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1950s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Male Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Back Yard
Located in Columbia, MO
Composing non-living objects is completely different- especially when it comes to birds. I know it can maybe seem macabre at first, but I love photographing both living and non-livin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Juvenile American Cow Found in Backyard (Corvus Brachyrhrnchos)
Located in Columbia, MO
Composing non-living objects is completely different- especially when it comes to birds. I know it can maybe seem macabre at first, but I love photographing both living and non-livin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A surfer carrying his board at a Rhode Island beach, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered an...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Rhode Island Surfer, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A surfer carrying his board at a Rhode Island beach, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered an...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
Rhode Island Surfers, Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surfers off Rhode Island, September 1965. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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1960s Realist Photography
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Lambda
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.