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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
Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Harriet At Mougins, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Viscountess Harriet de Rosiere at Mougins, near Cannes in France, 1957. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocra...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Skiers In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate stamped and hand number...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Skiing in St. Mortiz, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Countess Jan Bonde in the Palace Hotel sleigh on Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1983 Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Joe Dallesandro Andy Warhol Trash promo photo
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jack Mitchell, American Photographer (1925-2013). Joe Dallesandro, ca. 1973. 11 x 14 inches; 12 x 15 inches framed. Period print from artist's studio. The image was intended for ...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Portrait of Nude Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 11 x 14 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italian American photographer and model who lived and worked in Europe before moving to the United States in the late 1970s. His early fashion photography, his portraits of Grace Jones and other artists, and his male nudes photographed in New York and San Francisco captured the pre-AIDS culture of the 1970s and early 1980s. Arimondi's nudes were collected in several books, including David Leddick's award-winning[1] The Male Nude, (New York: Taschen 1998, 2005 and 2015). The photographer's later work documented homeless individuals in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood and the toll of the AIDS epidemic on the city. His photographs, featured in several posthumous exhibitions, also are in the collections of Sweden's museum of modern art, Moderna Museet, and San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society. Biography Arimondi was born Vittorio Maria Tevitti to his unwed mother, Alessandra Calligaris, in Bologna, Italy on November 8, 1942. His mother struggled financially, which left an impression on her only child. In 1948, she temporarily left him at a children's boarding school and orphanage in Italy to move to Sweden for a job. There she met and married Bruno Arimondi, who adopted her son. The family returned to Naples, Italy in 1952 where Victor graduated from high school.[1] In 1960, Arimondi returned to Sweden to study at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, although he did not graduate. Meanwhile, he worked at several blue collar jobs, including as a mailman, before he gave up on traditional full-time work to pursue what he considered more essential— a life of creative expression. He created costume-like clothing for himself and friends and at age 19 became a fashion model. Even as a teenager, the Italian born photographer who spent his 20s and 30s primarily based in Sweden, noted that he preferred fantasy to the trials of real life.[1] That conflict, and his passion for beauty as well as his sexual energy, were major factors in his life and his work.[2] From 1965 through 1972 Arimondi worked as model in London, Milan, Germany, New York and Stockholm, appearing in catalogs and fashion magazines including Vogue , Harper's Bazaar and Esquire and on the runway in several Valentino fashion shows. In 1972 he decided to try working on the other side of the lens as a photographer to better express his creativity.[2] Arimondi moved to New York in 1979 and continued to build his photography portfolio. Portrait of Bearded Man, New York City, 1979 Two years later, in 1981, he moved to San Francisco where he lived and worked for twenty years until his death of AIDS at age 58 on July 24, 2001. The year he moved to San Francisco, Arimondi opened a photo gallery in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for a short time. When he struggled financially, he gave up on trying to earn a living through commercial fashion photography and closed the gallery.[3] Arimondi returned to modeling for the financial benefits, though he did so on less of an international scale than in his early years. He continued to create photographic portraits of the denizens of the San Francisco gay and arts cultures, to shoot male nudes and publish his work in magazines, and he began to compose and photograph evocative still lifes using his own photographic images. Many of them touched on the death of dozens of his former photography models from AIDS. Arimondi was in the midst of a new photography project that brought together his background as a fashion photographer and his more recent social documentary work when he died several months after he learned he was HIV-positive.[4] The project featured his former colleague, haute couture cover model Ivy Nicholson,[5] who he found living homeless in San Francisco. Several of the haunting portraits he took of her were later included in a noted group exhibit at SF Camerawork. Art Arimondi's early photography in the 1970s in Stockholm included portraits of the stars of Sweden's fashion, theater and dance worlds. His first two photography exhibits were in Stockholm and met with mixed reviews. But as he matured as a photographer and tapped into his fashion world contacts, Arimondi landed a number of commercial fashion jobs, including shooting for the Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.'s I.Magnin department store ad that ran in Vogue. Marlboro Man Nude, New York City,1980. He also shot other artists and models for his own portfolio, including Grace Jones, the Norwegian actress, Liv Ullmann, and the American writer, Norman Mailer. Arimondi's aesthetic vision was focused on fantasy and drama, and he prided himself on pushing limits.[6] Although less well-known than his San Francisco contemporary...
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Holiday In Provence, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Jonas Akerman with his wife Lillemor Malmstrom and their children in their villa in Provence, Franc...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Slim Aarons Social Call (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1972—Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico. Social Call 30 x 40 inches Estate Edition Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Caribbean Sandy Shore, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Beach House Art in Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Caribbean Sandy Shore" is a cyanotype of a shoreline on a Caribbean beach. It is a beautiful image for tropical decor and...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...

Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

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

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Curling At St. Moritz, Switzerland, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963 This is an es...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Daniel Gainey, Arizona, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features winemaker Daniel Gainey and his wife out riding at their ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is an...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Cap Juluca Hotel, Anguilla, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1990s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Patricia and Margaret O'Neil at the Cap Juluca Hotel in Cap Juluca, Anguilla. This is an estate s...
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1990s Realist Photography

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Black White Shoreline of British Pebble Beach, Horizontal Seascape, Zen Waves
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition black and white giclée print, on 100% cotton Hahnemühle Photo Rag Fine Art matte paper. This series of black and white photographs captures the ...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Emulsion, Lithograph, Monoprint, Paper

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

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Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of ...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Cuba 4, Limited Edition, Color Photograph, Vintage Car, Gold, People, Travel,
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn, Cuba 4, limited edition Color Photograph taken in Cuba in 2016. It is a photograph, printed on 13x19 archival paper. Signed and Numbered. This is currently unframed. Edition of 15. This gold toned photograph is filled with a vintage car, people and the Cuban cityscape and buildings. John Conn got his start as a Marine Combat photographer, and later earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a freelance photographer and writer, he has captured a range of subjects photojournalism delving into political and social issues, nature and landscapes, architecture, and underwater images. His work has appeared in: New York Times Sunday Magazine; Time/Life Books; IMAX Films; Village Voice; Human Rights Magazine; Shutterbug Magazine; Hasseleblad Magazine; American Photographer; RangeFinder Magazine; LensWork Magazine; Ocean Realm; Dive Travel Magazine; Picture Magazine; Discover Diving Magazine; Picture Magazine; Popular Photography; Nikon World; Black & White Photography; B&W Magazine; Studio Photography, to name a few. Starting in 1970, John travelled to South Africa capturing images of the people and social divide of Aparteid. His iconic Subway series shot between 1970 and 1982 in New York City is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, The New York Historical Society and Hoboken Historical Museum. In 2010, John Conn spent 45 days in Antarctica and Patagonia, traveling and hiking to capture the land and seascapes. He spent over 20 days journeying over 3,200 nautical miles in Antarctica before heading to Patagonia for the second part of his expedition. In 2014 John began a series of treks across the US photographing Americans, similar to what Robert Frank did in the late 1950’s. In 2015/16, he spent a month in Cuba photographing...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Portrait of Model with Chain
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait, ca. 1975. Period print measures 9 x 11 inches. Artist studio stamp on verso. Victor Arimondi (November 8, 1942 – July 24, 2001) was an Italia...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Cuba 4, Vintage Car, Travel, Gold, Cityscape, Architecture, Cuba, Color Photo
Located in Riverdale, NY
Limited Edition 20x30 photograph taken in Cuba in 2016. It is printed on 24x36 archival paper. Signed and Numbered. This is currently framed. Edition of 15. John Conn got his start as a Marine Combat photographer, and later earned his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a freelance photographer and writer, he has captured a range of subjects photojournalism delving into political and social issues, nature and landscapes, architecture, and underwater images. His work has appeared in: New York Times Sunday Magazine; Time/Life Books; IMAX Films; Village Voice; Human Rights Magazine; Shutterbug Magazine; Hasseleblad Magazine; American Photographer; RangeFinder Magazine; LensWork Magazine; Ocean Realm; Dive Travel Magazine; Picture Magazine; Discover Diving Magazine; Picture Magazine; Popular Photography; Nikon World; Black & White Photography; B&W Magazine; Studio Photography, to name a few. Starting in 1970, John travelled to South Africa capturing images of the people and social divide of Aparteid. His iconic Subway series shot between 1970 and 1982 in New York City is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, The New York Historical Society and Hoboken Historical Museum. In 2010, John Conn spent 45 days in Antarctica and Patagonia, traveling and hiking to capture the land and seascapes. He spent over 20 days journeying over 3,200 nautical miles in Antarctica before heading to Patagonia for the second part of his expedition. In 2014 John began a series of treks across the US photographing Americans, similar to what Robert Frank did in the late 1950’s. In 2015/16, he spent a month in Cuba photographing...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Kings Of Hollywood, Beverly Hill, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Skiing Waiters, 1955, Mid-century Modern Photo
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 carring a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, Stowe, Ve...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Princess Lucy Ruspoli, Switzerland, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Princess Lucy Ruspoli at Rougemont, near Gstaad, Switzerland, February 1984. This is an estate stam...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Photo-Mad Old Man A Turning 77 on 5.25.17, 4 Photographs 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 Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled, Senegalese model
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Victor Arimondi (1942-2001). Portrait of Senegalese Model, ca. 1975. Period print measures 8.5 x 11.5 inches; 17 x 20 inches frames. Artist studio stam...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Catherine Wilke, Capri Island, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Catherine Wilke joining the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticke...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography)
Located in London, GB
Frank Sinatra, 1965 - Bob Willoughby (Portrait Photography) Archival pigment print Printed on 20 x 24 inch paper From an edition of 25 Also available in alternative sizes Bob Wi...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ursula Pacelli posing at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970. This is an estate stamped and hand num...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) ...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ski Slope In St. Moritz, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features skiers (bottom) on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. This is an estate sta...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Culinary Heights, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) ...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Gloria Andion, Czech Republic, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Gloria Andion posing in front of shooting and hunting trophies at the Zidlochovice castle in Morav...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Pool Party on the Steps, Palm Springs Poolside Series, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s lifestyle photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk's desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 19...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Nice Pool, Palm Beach, Estate Edition Photograph
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...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Contemporary fine art photography/ photo coastal beach seascape "Blue Embrace"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Blue embrace" is a striking beach seaside photograph by French artist and photographer Natalya Mougenot, captured in July 2025 in the south of France. Known for her poetic approach ...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

Eden-Roc Pool, France, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, This is an estate st...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1980s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a part of Yvette Bluhdorn's house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. Th...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Faithful Couple: Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull at Leixlip Castle, Estate Ed.
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...
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1960s Realist Photography

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It s Cool to be a Cowgirl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Photo printed on Hahnemuhle Baryta paper. Edition of 25. Unframed.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

La Voile d Or, France, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features La Voile d'Or Hotel in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. This is an estate stamped and han...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Seventies Psychedelic Flowers, Pink Lilys Bouquet, Modern Still Life, Giclée
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive limited edition color Giclée print, printed on matte photographic paper. The print measures 36 x 24 inches total, with an image size of 32 x 20 in. and a 2 inch...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée

Skiing Waiters
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 carring a wine in an ice bucket and the third carrying a menu, Stowe, Ve...
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1960s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ursula Pacelli posing at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, February 1979. This is an estat...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Ice Bar, Austria, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, February 1979. This is an estat...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Beverly Hills Hotel Slide Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in California, 1957. Slim Aarons 1957, printed later C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, Crisp detail, contin...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a skiing holiday in Courchevel, France. This is an estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 15...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Ursula Pacelli, Venice, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Ursula Pacelli posing at the Venice Lido, Venice, Italy, 1957. This is an estate stamped and hand n...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Catch Up By the Pool Estate Edition, Modernist Architecture, Palm Springs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Palm Springs, 1970: This coveted photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features midcentury socialites in front of the turquoise swimming pool of the iconic Kaufma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Photography

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Lambda

Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of 'Le Bateau Ivre', Michel Rochedy (centre) of 'Le C...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

La Barranca, Acapulco, Estate Edition, Landscape Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1970s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis' villa in Acapulco, January. ...
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1970s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1980s photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Italian fashion designer and daughter of Emilio Pucci, Laudomia Pucci, Florence, Italy. This is a...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Cannes Cannes Girls, France, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of ...
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1950s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Count and Countess Jaime De Mora y Aragon, Marbella, Estate Edition Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1980 portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Count and Countess (nee Margit Ohlson) Jaime de Mora y Aragon with their dogs at their farm near...
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1980s Realist Photography

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Lambda

Contemporary minimalist still-life photo on premium paper "Glass by the blue"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary minimalist still-life image, documenting a fleeting moment of calm, was taken by French artist Natalya Mougenot during her journey through Italy. A single glass of ...
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2010s Realist Photography

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Photographic Paper

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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