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Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

American, 1916-2006

American photographer Slim Aarons captured the 20th century’s international jet set — U.S. socialites, European royalty, Hollywood stars — at play in sun-kissed locales like Monaco, Saint-Tropez and Palm Beach, as well as other luxurious settings around the globe.

Committed to eschewing makeup and artificial lighting, Aarons created images that are at once candid and polished, combining the relaxed posture of his subjects, who trusted him to document their lives, with the visual sharpness of a seasoned art director. Having gotten his start taking pictures for the U.S. military magazine Yank during World War II, he contributed over the course of his career to Life, Town and Country and Holiday magazines and published several books.

Aarons was born in Manhattan in 1916. He joined the army at 18, shooting military maneuvers at West Point before serving as a combat photographer, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war, he moved to California and began snapping socialites and movie stars.

In the 1950s, Aarons opened a bureau for Life magazine in Rome, where he took pictures capturing the postwar scene. He was always able to win the trust of his elite subjects, who saw him as close to a peer, rather than a paparazzo.

In a 2002 interview with The Independent, Aarons remarked, ''I knew everyone. They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them.'' This access allowed him to document the rich and famous with their guard down, reading newspapers and magazines, talking on the phone, relaxing by the pool, and chatting with friends. The 1957 photograph The Kings of Hollywood, for example, which won him wide acclaim, shows Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper and Jimmy Stewart laughing together as they celebrate New Year’s Eve.

Many of Aarons’s best-known images involve games and sports. In the 1972 Poolside Backgammon, two young women play the board game of the title against the backdrop of a majestic Acapulco estate. In 1958’s Cannes Watersports, a couple attempts to glide across the Golfe de la Napoule on Jet Skis, one expertly and one hanging on for dear life. And in Penthouse Pool, shot in Athens in 1961, a young woman wearing a yellow bathing cap smiles coyly at the camera, surrounded by friends and brightly colored seat cushions, with the Acropolis faintly visible in the background.

Among Aarons’s books are 1974’s A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life, and its 2003 sequel, Once Upon a Time. His final book, A Place in the Sun, was published in 2005, one year before his death.

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Artist: Slim Aarons
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958-printed later

$1,800
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1949, printed later

$3,600
No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features children playing 'Ring a Ring o' Roses' on a street marked with graffiti reading 'No Surr...
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No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
No Surrender, Belfast, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1962, printed later

$1,800
Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Cert...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Jamaica Sea Sailing
Jamaica Sea Sailing

Slim Aarons
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953

$4,200
French Polo Crowd
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. Slim Aarons French Polo Crowd Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaro...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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French Polo Crowd
French Polo Crowd

Slim Aarons
French Polo Crowd, 1950

$1,800
Slim Aarons Pulitzer Pool Party Mid-century Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Guests relax by the swimming pool at Lilly Pulitzer's pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. Lilly Pulitzer is seen at centre (wearing headscarf) on the lap of her husband, Pet...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Slim Aarons Pulitzer Pool Party Mid-century Modern Photography
Slim Aarons Pulitzer Pool Party Mid-century Modern Photography

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Pulitzer Pool Party Mid-century Modern Photography, 1961

$4,200
Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An evening dress being modelled at a fashion show held by Saks of Fifth Avenue, New York. The audience, who are in evening dress, are also being wined and...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show

Slim Aarons
Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show, 1955

$3,000
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955. Patchett was one of the first to join Eileen Ford...
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Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,600
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and s...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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New England Skiing
New England Skiing

Slim Aarons
New England Skiing, 1955

$5,400
Pulitzer On The Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Pulitzer On The Beach
Pulitzer On The Beach

Slim Aarons
Pulitzer On The Beach, 1955

$3,900
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition, 1949

$4,200
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams Bl...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition, 1959

$3,600
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams Bl...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition, 1959

$5,400
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A series of four shots of film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoying a joke at...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Four Kings of Hollywood, Estate Edition, 1949

$3,900
Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Seaplane At Palm Beach
Seaplane At Palm Beach

Slim Aarons
Seaplane At Palm Beach, 1955

$1,800
Luxury Dining
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955. Slim Aarons Luxury Dining Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Luxury Dining
Luxury Dining

Slim Aarons
Luxury Dining, 1955

$5,400
Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate. Cert...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Jamaica Sea Sailing
Jamaica Sea Sailing

Slim Aarons
Jamaica Sea Sailing, 1953

$1,800
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This 1960 portrait photograph, captured by society ph...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo

Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo, 1960, printed later

$1,800
New Year at Romanoff s
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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...
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New Year at Romanoff s
New Year at Romanoff s

Slim Aarons
New Year at Romanoff s, 1949

$3,000
Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948 20 x 20" inches / 51 x...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Slim Aarons
Backstage At La Scala 1948 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped, 1955 (printed later)

$3,600
New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955 16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Slim Aarons
New England Skiing Starters 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped, 1955 (printed later)

$3,000
French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950. 50 x 50" inches / 127 x 127 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Slim Aarons
French Polo Crowd 1950 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped, 1950 (printed later)

$5,700
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955. 12 x 12" inches / 30 x 30 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped

Slim Aarons
New England Skiing 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped, 1955 (printed later)

$2,400
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Spring Break
Spring Break

Slim Aarons
Spring Break, 1955

$1,800
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1956, printed later

$1,800
Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Seaplane At Palm Beach
Seaplane At Palm Beach

Slim Aarons
Seaplane At Palm Beach, 1955

$4,200
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1959-printed later

$3,900
Private Transport
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gladys 'Patsy' Bartlett (1928 - 2011, née Pulitzer, later Pulitzer Preston) rummaging in her bag on the seat of an open car, 1954. The car is parked by a plane belonging to the Everg...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Private Transport
Private Transport

Slim Aarons
Private Transport, 1954

$3,900
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958-printed later

$5,400
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
Category

1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1956, printed later

$4,200
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
Category

1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1956, printed later

$3,600
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Spring Break
Spring Break

Slim Aarons
Spring Break, 1955

$3,600
Slim Aarons, Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
An evening dress being modelled at a fashion show held by Saks of Fifth Avenue, New York. The audience, who are in evening dress, are also being wined and dined, 1955. Estate stampe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Lambda

Slim Aarons, Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show

Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion Show, 1955

$3,600
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City. Slim Aarons NY Lights Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate....
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NY Lights
NY Lights

Slim Aarons
NY Lights, 1953

$3,900
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Shaw watches her children digging for clams at low tide on Black Beach, Massachusetts Bay. Slim Aarons Digging For Clams Bl...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Digging For Clams, Estate Edition
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Digging For Clams, Estate Edition, 1959

$1,800
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Skiing in New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons New England Skiing Black and White Photogr...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Skiing in New Hampshire
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Skiing in New Hampshire

Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Skiing in New Hampshire, 1965

$1,800
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955. Slim Aarons Eton Vs Harrow Black and Whit...
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Eton Vs Harrow
Eton Vs Harrow

Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow, 1955

$1,800
NY Apartments
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor. Slim Aarons NY Apartments Black and White Phot...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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NY Apartments
NY Apartments

Slim Aarons
NY Apartments, 1953

$3,600
Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, comedian Groucho Marx. Slim Aarons Eden Hartford Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Est...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Eden Hartford, Hollywood, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1954, printed later

$1,800
Saks Fifth Ave, 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 modelling an outfit for a Saks Fifth Avenue cat...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Saks Fifth Ave, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,600
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955. Slim Aarons Eton Vs Harrow Black and Whit...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Eton Vs Harrow
Eton Vs Harrow

Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow, 1955

$4,200
The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition
The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
The King of Jazz, Louis Armstrong in 1940s Rome, Black and White Estate Edition, 1949

$1,800
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Spring Break
Spring Break

Slim Aarons
Spring Break, 1955

$3,900
Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
Category

1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Seaplane At Palm Beach
Seaplane At Palm Beach

Slim Aarons
Seaplane At Palm Beach, 1955

$3,600
Venetian Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice. Slim Aarons Venetian Play Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Venetian Play
Venetian Play

Slim Aarons
Venetian Play, 1952

$3,600
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1956, printed later

$3,900
NY Apartments
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor. Slim Aarons NY Apartments Black and White Phot...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

NY Apartments
NY Apartments

Slim Aarons
NY Apartments, 1953

$4,200
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Sicilian-born American gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Lucky Luciano, Sicily, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1959-printed later

$4,200
Las Vegas Luxury
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim ...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Las Vegas Luxury
Las Vegas Luxury

Slim Aarons
Las Vegas Luxury, 1954

$3,600
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph This 1960 portrait photograph, captured by society ph...
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1960s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo

Slim Aarons
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, Estate Edition, Portrait Photo, 1960, printed later

$2,400
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955. Slim Aarons New England Skiing Black and White Photog...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire

Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire, 1965

$3,900
Las Vegas Luxury, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Sli...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Las Vegas Luxury, Estate Edition
Las Vegas Luxury, Estate Edition

Slim Aarons
Las Vegas Luxury, Estate Edition, 1954

$1,800
Venetian Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice. Slim Aarons Venetian Play Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Venetian Play
Venetian Play

Slim Aarons
Venetian Play, 1952

$2,400
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
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1940s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
September Affair, Italy, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1949, printed later

$4,200
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth A...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$4,200
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth A...
Category

1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1955, printed later

$3,900
Pulitzer On The Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Pulitzer On The Beach
Pulitzer On The Beach

Slim Aarons
Pulitzer On The Beach, 1955

$3,600
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph

Slim Aarons
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, 1958-printed later

$4,200
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aa...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

NY Lights
NY Lights

Slim Aarons
NY Lights, 1953

$1,800
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955. Slim Aarons Eton Vs Harrow Black and Whit...
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1950s American Realist Slim Aarons Black and White Photography

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Eton Vs Harrow
Eton Vs Harrow

Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow, 1955

$3,900

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