Slim Aarons Color 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
Slim Aarons,
The High Life in St Tropez
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
The High Life
1977. (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
August 1977: Actor...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Palm Beach Ladies Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Palm Beach Ladies' 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
American socialite Wendy Vanderbilt (right) and another woman wearing Lilly Pulitzer ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper size very large 72 x 4...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Family Pool (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Pool (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Saint Tropez Boucherie, August 1971 - Nude Women Portrait French Riviera Fashion by Slim Aarons
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
Courchevel, French Alps, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 Slim Aarons Color Photography
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La Concha Beach Club
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'La Concha Beach Club'
Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975.
This is a simply stunning Slim. The palm fringed green...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons Palm Beach Idyll
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Idyll, 1955
C-print
30 x 30 inches
A couple sunbathe by the sea at Palm Beach Florida 1955 USA
Slim Aarons (1916-2006) worked mainly for society publications photograp...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
French Leave Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Leave Hotel (1960) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera, ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Saint-Tropez Beach, Estate Edition Photograph, French Riviera
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Saint-Tropez Beach, an Estate Edition photograph, is a vintage scene of sunbathers on the French Riviera, August 1971. Colorful coral red and mint green umbrellas shelte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Social Call
1972 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Social Call' 1972 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Print
Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, 1972.
(Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Paper size 40 x ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Eye Of The Beholder, 1974
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Eye Of The Beholder
1974 (printed later)
C print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons
Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc
1969 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Towboat At Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc'
A motorboat used to tow waterskiers, moored at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969.
40 x 30" inches / 101 x 7...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc - Supersize
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc
Size 72x48" inches / 183 x 122 cm
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. (Photo by Slim Aa...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Donald Leas 1968 Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Donald Leas
April 1968: Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida.
60x60” / 152 x 152 cm - paper size
Es...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Tennis in The Bahamas, 1957 - Tennis Players Socialise after Tennis Match in Sun by Slim Aarons
16 x 16" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
...
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20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital
Keep Your Cool
1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank 'Brandy' Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco, 1978. Fashionable Alvarez wearing a white bikini and 'Brandy' sporting a sun hat are seated in the swimming pool playing backgammon in the heat of the Mexican sun.
Typically 'Slim Poolside...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Slim Aarons, Blonde Beauties (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Blonde Beauties, 1966 (printed later)
Archival pigment print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
with Certificate of authenticity
Bathers by a pool at the Tahoe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Tiziana in Positano
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tiziana Audino
1984 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
A topless Tiziana Audino enjoys a shower at the Hotel San Pietro in Positano, 1984.
Estate stamp...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Alice Topping 1959 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959.
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Co...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons, Annette Glatzel in Ibiza (Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Abaco Holiday, 1986
Chromogenic Lambda Print
Estate edition of 150
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of ...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Slim Aarons
Speedboat Landing
1973 (printed later)
Chromogenic Lambda Print (C Print)
Estate edition of 150
August 1973: A motor boat arrives at a jetty in Porto Ercole, Italy.
Es...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Porto Ercole - Italy - Slim Aarons 20th century colour photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Porto Ercole' Italy (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973.
Beautiful greens of th...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Hotel on Lake Como, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d'Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983
Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Certificate of Authenticity included
Numbered and stamped by the Slim ...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Skier In Vermont Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Skier In Vermont
A skier at the Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1962.
Paper Size 24x20 inches / 60 x 50 cm
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
Photo by Slim A...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Zermatt Skiing
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Skiers in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968.
Slim Aarons
Zermatt Skiing
1968
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of 150 with certificate of au...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Mountain Buffet, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathing in Capri, Catherine Wilke
1980
Chromogenic Lambda print
Estate stamped and hand numbered edition of 150
with certificate of authenticity from the estate.
Catherine Wilke...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Dining Al Fresco On Capri
Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umbe...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Giacomo Mantegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como, Italy, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giacomo and Stefania Mantegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Casinella, on Lake Como, 1983. Brilliant green trees contrast with the vivid orange, reds and turquoise of the architecture. Four boats can are afloat on the deep blue of the lake.
Slim Aarons
Giacomo Montegazza, Villa La Casinella, Lake Como
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Chromogenic Lambda print from the original transparency
Printed Later
Certificate of Authenticity included
Collector will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Now in his 70s, Giacomo Mantegazza...
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1980s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Cars parked outside the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.
California, 1957.
About the image:
Th...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper size very large 72 x 4...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons,
Yacht Holiday
Midcentury Modern Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt's yacht in Marbella, 1967.
Slim Aarons
Yacht Holiday
1967
C print (Printed later)
Estate signature stamped and hand numbered edition of...
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1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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C Print
Underwater Drink - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Underwater Drink 1972 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972.
48 x 78" inches / ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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USA Trianon (Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
circa 1960: A group of young women enjoying the sunshine in the grounds of the former George Newhall estate in San Francisco. Its house and gardens are modelled on Le Petit Trianon a...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Slim Aarons
Catherine Wilke
1980 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Catherine Wilke'
1980. Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri.
20 x 16" inches / 51 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150
...
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1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Capri Tan
(Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy.
Slim Aarons
Capri Tan
Hotel Punta Tragara, Capri, Italy
C...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim and Sphinx, Estate Edition: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at Shepheard
s
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
circa 1964: New York DJ Slim Hyatt at work in Shepheard's night club whose decor recreates a famous Cairo bar. Two gold and turquoise sphinxes flank the DJ, who is posed behind two record players and before a glittering sculpture.
Hyatt is often credited as the first disco DJ in the US. Initially hired by Oliver Coquelin upon the opening of Le Club, Hyatt quickly became one of the most revered figures in the emerging disco scene. He also DJed at Doubles from 1984 to 1995, and has been called by the painter and bandleader Peter Duchin “the first discotheque artist in New York."
Slim and Sphinx, 1964
Slim Aarons Estate Edition Photograph
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Chromogenic Lambda C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Crisp detail, continuous tone and brilliant color
Paper weight 210gms
Matte Satin Surface
Printed Later
Collector will get the next number in the edition
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure, a history of glamour that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
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Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Aarons began his career as a combat photographer in World War II. Though he earned a Purple Heart for his service, he declared that combat had taught him that the only beach worth landing on was decorated with beautiful people enjoying themselves in the sun.
Increasingly known for his influence, Aarons's casually glamorous jetset aesthetic can be seen today in fashion, art, and celebrity photography. Recent articles credit his work with inspiring the casually flawless style of top Instagram influencers, full of sunshine and escapism.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons *
Internal: Vintage New York, Vintage glamour, 60's glamour, Vintage DJ...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons
Sunbathers at Eden Roc
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
Sunbathers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969, printer later
Sunbathers at Eden Roc
Chromogenic lambda print
Estate stamped and numbered edition of 150
Slim...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped - Giant
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Staying At The Carlton (1958) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes,
France, 1958.
Additional Information:
Unframe...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Saint-Tropez Beach
SLIM AARONS Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971.
The beach, beautiful fashionable people, bikinis, vibrant coloured parasols, large sunglasses and glorious sunshine. ...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
George Hamilton
1977 Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'George Hamilton'
American actor George Hamilton holidays in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1977.
40 x 30" / 101 x 76 cm paper size
Estate Stamped Collection Edi...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Sunbathing On Capri 1974 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Andros Island (1957) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Sunbathers by a swimming pool at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, August 1974.
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20x20''
Printed Later
Limited Estate Stamped
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
12 x 12''
16 x 16''
20 x 20''
30 x 30''
40 x 40''
FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
About the Artist:
Slim Aarons (American, October 29, 1916–May 29, 2006) was a photographer well-known for his portraits of the rich and famous. Born George Allen Aarons, he spent his youth in New Hampshire and New York before joining the army during World War II, where his photography career began.
Working throughout his career with magazines like Life, Holiday, and Town & Country gave Aarons the chance to document the jet-set lifestyle of Hollywood stars, American and European socialites, and other celebrated figures. His approach was simple; using no make-up artists or artificial lights, he let the natural opulence of his subjects and their surroundings illuminate his lens.
Typical scenes from Aaron’s photography take place in the sun, and in front of a pool surrounded by bathing beauties.
The Slim Aarons Prints...
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Family Snapper (1959) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Family Snapper (1959) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
Babe Paley (Mrs William Paley) by the pool. Her husband, William Paley is snapping the photographer at their ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Party at Romanoff’s Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Party at Romanoff’s
A party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, 1959.
Gorgeous print measuring a 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 cm paper siz...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Color, Archival Pigment
On The Slopes Of Sugarbush, New England, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features two skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Wa...
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1960s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Slim Aarons
Catch Up By the Pool
Kaufmann Desert House
By Slim Aarons
Located in New York, NY
A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufman. Lita Baron approaches Nelda Linsk, right, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a friend, Hel...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
C. Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
C. Z. Guest 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 – 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, ...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Archival Pigment
Catherine Wilke, Capri, Italy, Slim Aarons Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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 Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Lambda
Bahamanian Hotel (1973) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bahamanian Hotel (1973) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay,
Bahamas, March 1973
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper...
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1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
CZ’s House 1955 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
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-fron...
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1950s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
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Quiet Afternoon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Quiet Afternoon 1980 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980.
16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm paper size
Estate Stamped ...
Category
1980s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
French Stately Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped - Grande XL
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
French Stately Home (1956) Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo By Slim Aarons)
The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at the...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Slim Aarons
Cannes Sports
(Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1958: Holidaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.
'Cannes Sports'
Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France
Chromogenic Lambda print
Printed Later
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Stamped and hand numbered by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of Authenticity included.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
72 x 48 inches
$4900
60 x 40 inches
$3950
40 x 30 inches
$3350
30 x 20 inches
$3000
Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer, worldwide.
Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century.
Photograph is unframed
Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp.
Collector will get the next number in the edition
* We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). *
Undercurrent Projects, New York, is proud to represent Aarons' full collection of negatives and transparencies. Housed at Getty Images Hulton Archive in London, The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone.
Internal: Slim Aarons Seascape Photography, Vintage Cannes, vintage watersports...
Category
1950s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Courchevel, France, Estate Edition, Mid-Century Modern Photograph
By Slim Aarons
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...
Category
1970s Realist Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Lambda
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess On Deck
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition Countess on Deck
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982.
Paper Size very large 72 x 4...
Category
1970s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bettina Graziani 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Bettina Graziani 1964 - Slim Aarons Estate Stamped
French fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht behind her, in Sardini...
Category
1960s Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ice Bar Lech, 1960 - Austrian Ski Photography Winter Sports Photography
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
16 x 20" print.
Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print.
Edition of 150.
Printed Later.
"Ice Bar Lech, 1960" is a beautiful Limited Edition Estate Stamped Digital C-Type print from 20t...
Category
20th Century American Modern Slim Aarons Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital
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