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SLIM AARONS Photographer Slim Aarons slouches in a chair with the Acropolis and its surroundings as a backdrop, circa 1955. #3163491
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Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons established his place in the Pantheon of great post-war photographers. It was Aarons who perfected, if not invented, the environmental portrait while photographing the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades ranging from the ‘50s to the ‘90s, carrying out his self-described mission: to document “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.”
Slim Aarons worked mainly for lifestyle publications, taking pictures of the rich and famous after serving as a photographer for the US military magazine during World War II. His work has been included in the publications Town and Country, Holiday, Harper’s Bazaar, Venture, and LIFE. Slim Aarons is internationally known for the positive portrayals he gave to the people he photographed and was invited to high-society gatherings for exactly this reason. His subject matter covered American and European society as well as nobility and both minor and major stars of the day. Slim Aarons passed away May 29th, 2006. He was 89 years old.
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Front Cover Image: Poolside Gossip. A desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. Lita Baron (far left) approaches Helen Dzo Dzo (left) and Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk. #2668264
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A timeless image characterised by misty golden sunlight, a trio of glamorous women and striking modernist architecture, “Poolside Gossip” represents the ultimate example of the lavish and carefree lives of the American elite.
Arriving in Palm Springs in January 1970, Slim Aarons was tasked with producing a series of shots for Holiday magazine. After photographing a number of high profile figures including famed writer Truman Capote and industrial designer Raymond Loewy, Aarons knew he couldn’t leave town without a pool shoot. Reaching out to his good friend Nelda Linsk, he asked her to invite a few friends over for an impromptu daytime party. Owned by Linsk and her husband Joseph, Kaufmann House was the idyllic setting of this gathering -- a modernist house designed by renowned architect Richard Neutra in 1946, a building widely regarded by critics today as one of the most important houses of the 20th century in the United States.
designers and artists for years to come. The image features actress Lita Baron approaching Nelda Linsk (right, in yellow), and her friend, Helen Dzo Dzo (left).
For two hours Slim documented Nelda and her fashionable friends as they casually gathered around the pool, to produce a series of photographs that have come to represent the epitome of California Cool. They have all the hallmarks of a classic Slim Aarons photograph: “attractive people, doing attractive things in attractive places” as Slim himself would say.
Despite spending decades photographing the rich and famous and being welcomed openly into their world, Aarons never expressed any desire to join this world, or to spend any more time with his subjects than necessary. Referring to himself as “a simple farm boy”, he merely enjoyed creating the opportunity for the economy class to stand in awe at the glorified rich.
Celebrated as one of the world’s leading photographers from the 1950s onwards, Aarons’ prints have been showcased in numerous magazines and galleries around the world. Notorious for his ability to effortlessly capture the attitudes and lifestyle of the American and European elite through his lens, Aarons’ talent earned him access to a number of high profile locales and subjects, such as: Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Errol Flynn, and Princess Grace of Monaco.
Recognised as the most iconic image from the series, “Poolside Gossip” has ingrained itself into popular culture, becoming an everlasting symbol of style and modernism, and influencing
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POOLSIDE SERIES
POOLSIDE GOSSIP 50TH ANNIVERSARY
POOLSIDE PARTY SERIES
This series features nine original Slim Aarons prints, taken before and after the iconic Image, “Poolside Gossip” – framed in the centre as the focal point of this set. This marks the first time these images have been released as a series #1188854202
This 50th anniversary edition of “Poolside Gossip” incorporates a white frame with elegant golden fillet and is finished with a plaque to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this iconic image. #2668264_50-
This set of three prints pairs Slim Aarons’ iconic “Poolside Gossip” image with the two accompanying images, “Desert House Party” and “Desert House Party 2”. #PPS50-T
DESERT HOUSE PARTY A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and Helen Dzo Dzo (second from right). #77442787
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POOLSIDE GLAMOUR
DESERT HOUSE PARTY 2
A desert house designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, Palm Springs, California, January 1970. Lita Baron approaches, while in the foreground Nelda Linsk (right) wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, is talking to her friend, Helen Dzo Dzo. #109003242
A poolside party at a desert house, designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann, in Palm Springs, January 1970. Featured in the group are: industrial designer Raymond Loewy (1893 - 1986, centre, standing), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and Helen Dzo Dzo (second from right). #674384077
POOLSIDE PARTY
KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE III
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. At far left is Lita Baron. Helen Dzo Dzo is at centre, right in a white crochet outfit. Nelda Linsk is in yellow at far right. #534707421
January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann and now owned by Nelda Linsk. Helen Dzo Dzo (right, in white trouser suit) talks to a male guest. #77728384
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KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE
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January 1970: The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann and now owned by Nelda Linsk (right, in yellow). Lita Baron and Helen Dzo Dzo are among the guests. #77728386
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AT THE KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE
NELDA AND FRIENDS
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (left) talking to Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #674390933
Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. From right to left, former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), unknown, Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat). The Linsks are the current owners of the house. #605352637
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CLIFFTOP POOL
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Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis’ villa ‘La Barranca’, Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971. #77442113
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FREEPORT BEACH
ON THE BEACH IN BERMUDA
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. #109857664
Sunbathing and swimming at a beach in Bermuda, June 1967. #554351245
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ACAPULCO AFTERNOON
CALETA BEACH, ACAPULCO
Bill Babb, Thomas Beecher, model Carolyn Phillips, Mrs Rabb and model Jean Adams, enjoying some guitar music on a terrace in Acapulco, Mexico, 1952. The terrace floor is covered with palm leaves. #53352961
A high angle view of Caleta Beach (aka Morning Beach) in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. The Hotel Boca Chica can be seen to the right. #554352257
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LITTLE BEACH HOUSE, ACAPULCO Bathers enjoy the pool at Manuel Perusquia, Jr.’s ‘Little Beach House’ villa in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #554350529
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POOLSIDE SECRETS
PALM PEACH PAGODA
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. #77442804
Cynthia Eichler (sitting) with Vicky Schaft Bruder (centre) and Cathy Tankoos (Mrs Joseph Tankoos) by the Chinese teahouse on Everglades Island in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985. The teahouse was designed by Wyeth, King, and Johnson. #670810259
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ABACO HOLIDAY
SWIMMING IN SPAIN
College student Jan Woods relaxes in a hammock at the Abaco Inn on Elbow Cay, one of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, March 1986. #71109918
Swimming and snorkelling in the bay at the Hostal De La Gavina, in S’agaro, Costa Brava, Spain, July 1970. #77442607
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CASA MONTEFINO
PORTOFINO VILLA
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel’s villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977. #77440258
Guests by the pool at Klaus Pudel’s villa, the Casa Montefino, overlooking Portofino harbour, Portofino, Italy, August 1977. #475373499
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SAINT-TROPEZ SWIMMER
BEACH AT POSITANO
A topless swimmer in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. #102061371
Aerial view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at Positano, Italy, 1979. The view looks north along the coastline. #155761600
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PRIVATE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES
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Guests relax on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines President, Benigno Toda Jr., Philippines, February 1973. #554351983
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LA CANZONE DEL MARE
PARAGLIDER
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. #134001037
Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness. #2665187
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HIBISCUS FLOWERS
POSITANO
A woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, circa 1960. #669617899
A little boy carries a basket of groceries home in Positano, 1958. #79466811
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LA BARRANCA
MARBELLA HOUSE PARTY
Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis’ villa in Acapulco, January 1971. #670809333
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. #674382877
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ESTHER WILLIAMS
BOND GIRL TO BE
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956. #674383637
1955: Sultry sex symbol, film star Ursula Andress takes a siesta in a hammock on a visit to Rome. #3436281
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PALM BEACH IDYLL
FISHING BOATS
A couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. #1158180847
Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. #554352255
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LAWRENCE PEABODY II
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January 1975, Lawrence Carleton Peabody II and his son, Thomas Lawrence Claudius Peabody at their family’s villa, Boedecia, in Haiti. #51246676
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TAORMINA
IL PELLICANO HOTEL
A swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975. #53439287
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. #87922927
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SUNBATHERS AT EDEN ROC
EDEN-ROC POOL
Sunbathers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. #73309167
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. #73309134
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SAILING INTO THE SUNSET
RELAXING AT THE CLUB
Two people using a small sailboat in Bermuda, June 1967. #554350657
Members sunbathe around the pool at Palm Springs Tennis Club, California, circa 1970. #52021097 Visit fineprintco.com to view the entire Slim Aarons collection
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BRONZED ACTOR
HOVGARD HOME
September 1968: Actor George Hamilton works on his tan on the island of Capri. #3165402
Carl Hovgard’s home, Bouldereign in Carefree, Arizona, built around the boulders on a desert site, January 1973. #52200186
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PRINCESS HOTEL The swimming pool at the Princess Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #95738206
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LA LEOPOLDA
PEVERO GOLF COURSE
Lily Safra, wife of Lebanese banker Edmond Safra, with Mikki Sarofim and American socialite Jerome Zipkin at La Leopolda, Safra’s luxury villa in the south of France, July 1991. #72243333
1978, The Pevero Golf Course, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia. #51246674
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HOTEL IL SAN PIETRO
SNORKELLING
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979. #88154901
1954: Two young women going snorkelling. #3436586
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CAFE TERRACE IN NICE
COMTE DE PARIS
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. #968910696
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. #968906452
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DIMITRIS KRITSAS
CANNES CANNES GIRLS
Premium Rates Apply. Greek fashion designer Dimitris Kritsas poses with four models against a backdrop of the ancient Doric temple to Poseidon at Sounion, July 1967. #50981682
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958. #674382243
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NASSAU BEACH HOTEL
CHARTER KETCH
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first to built by Howard Johnson outside the United States. #77442728
circa 1960: Sixty eight foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from George Town, Exuma. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons. #3089557
New Release MAZATLAN SEASIDE Holidaymakers at a seaside pool at Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984. #77443932
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MARISA BERENSON
MAZATLAN MANSION
Crew members tend to the rigging while sailing in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, April 1966. #968906454
The coastline near Warren Avis’ villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. #84113320
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LAS BRISAS
PRIVATE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES
The coastline near Warren Avis’ villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. #84113311
A guest relaxing on the beach of a private island owned by Philippine Airlines President, Benigno Toda Jr., Philippines, February 1973. #554351989
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FAMILY POOL
WESTIN EXCELSIOR
circa 1960: Mrs A Watson Armour III (Jean Schweppe) with friends and family enjoying the pool on their estate at Lake Forest, Illinois. A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons #3095008
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. #79466697
New Release CHATEAU ST. JEAN Guests around the pool at the Chateau St. Jean, owned by Rosemarie Kanzler Marcie Riviere, Cap Ferrat, France, September 1973. #77440267
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BEACH IN POSITANO
ACAPULCO HOLIDAY
Aerial view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at Positano, Italy, 1979. #155761601
Deckchairs lined up beside a swimming pool in Acapulco, February 1966. #52433016
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PORTO ERCOLE
PORTO ERCOLE BEACH
A balcony overlooking the harbour of Porto Ercole (Port’Ercole), Tuscany, August 1969. #56454453
A quiet stretch of coastline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991. #88154324
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New Release POOLSIDE BAR Guests seen from a poolside bar at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1980. #77443323
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IL PELLICANO POOL
THE GRAND PLAGE
The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. #77443300
1985, The Grand Plage, Biarritz, dominated by the Bellevue Casino and the Hotel du Palais, and the Bay of Biscay beyond. #51246672
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New Release SUNBATHING IN BURGENSTOCK Lilian Hanson, sunbathing by a pool at the Burgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955. #1158180877
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VIEW FROM IL PELLICANO
MARIE-LOUISE SCIO
Aerial view with sunbathers and parasols and, dotted with yachts and small boats, the waters off the coast of Porto Ercole, Italy, in July 1991. The image was taken from Hotel Il Pellicano. #155763023
Marie-Louise Scio poses in a leotard at the Tettuccio Terme in Montecatini, Italy, November 1980. #88153746
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LA VOILE D’OR
LA CONCHA BEACH CLUB
La Voile d’Or Hotel in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France September 1973. #670809433
A view of La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. #77442076
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TRES VIDAS, ACAPULCO Guests enjoy cocktails at the pool bar of the Tres Vidas private members club in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #554350085
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POOL AT EL CUARTON
ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN
Bathers at a pool in El Cuarton, Costa de la Luz, Spain, August 1971. #554351529
A view from a hillside in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, looking toward Monaco, August 1970. #475373503
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SUMMER HOME
TOWBOAT AT HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC
August 1984: The summer home of Prince Victor Emmanuel and Princess Marina of Savoy, on Cavallo, Corsica. This unique dwelling by architect Savin Couelle has been designed to blend in with the island’s rocky landscape. #52432977
A motorboat, used to tow waterskiiers, moored at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. #483570241
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New Release NATALE RUSCONI Natale Rusconi riding a Hotel Cipriani motor launch with the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore on San Giorgio Maggiore island beyond, in Venice, Italy, in September 1978 #155762894
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ST MARK’S CAMPANILE
ST. PAUL DE VENCE
The campanile of St Mark’s Basilica overlooking the lagoon in Venice, Italy, 1973. #155761686
The hilltop town of St. Paul de Vence in the Alpes-Maritimes, France, 1986. #53397494
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VON OSWALD HOUSE
BIARRITZ SEAFRONT
A group of people relax in the garden at the house of Johanna Von Oswald, 1986. #53397511
The beach and seafront at Biarritz, France, 1960. #53397496
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COUNTESS ON DECK
LOUNGING IN BERMUDA
A group of people relax in the garden at the house of Johanna Von Oswald, 1986. #53397511
Jill Council relaxes with a drink by a swimming pool in Bermuda, 1969. #53438292
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LITTLE BEACH HOUSE, ACAPULCO
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Horseback riding on the beach in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. In the background can be seen Manuel Perusquia, Jr.’s ‘Little Beach House’ villa. #554350527
SNORKELLING IN MALTA
SNORKELLING IN THE SHALLOWS
A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, 1959. #968906516
A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, 1959. #968906522
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SPEEDBOAT LANDING
HABITATION LECLERC
August 1973 :A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. #51246669
Bathers walking down steps to the swimming pool at Habitation Leclerc, Haiti, January 1975. They are followed by a waiter with cocktails. #77442611
KEEP YOUR COOL
COTTON BAY
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. #2695027
The Campbells’ pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982. #95720181
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BOULDEREIGN
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Carl Hovgard’s home, Bouldereign in Carefree, Arizona, built around the boulders on a desert site, January 1973. #605352633[1]
FRENCH HOLIDAY
C. Z. GUEST
Holidaymakers in France, August 1969. #475373493
American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) with a Great Dane at her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. #84106452
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HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS
FISHING ON HONEYMOON PORCH
A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. #745210175
Pierre Vincent Marais and his wife Isabelle holiday with friends at Gelliceaux House, their home on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989. #605351899
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SAINT-TROPEZ
MARINA PICCOLA
Holidaymakers lounging on the deck of their luxury yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. #475373743
Canzone del Mare at the Marina Piccola, Capri, Italy, 1954. #77440308
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HOTEL DU CAP EDEN-ROC
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Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, 1969. # 475371029
WAITING IN THE SHADE
CALETA BEACH, ACAPULCO
A woman shelters under a parasol on a beach on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia 1967 #745209353
A couple walk on Caleta Beach holding hands, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. #745210117
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HOTEL DU CAP EDEN-ROC
HOTEL TAORMINA POOL
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. #77440352
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. #77440367
IL CANILLE Sunbathers lounge on the white-painted terrace of Il Canille, built into the rocks of Pizzolungo overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. Il Canille is the villa owned by Italian tailor and fashion designer Umberto Tirelli (1928-1992). #155762888
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THE FULLERS
MELINA MERCOURI
May 1970: Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL. #3239994
1961: Greek actress Melina Mercouri (1925 - 1994) sitting at a street cafe in Athens. #3165250
POOL AT LAKE TAHOE
BAHAMANIAN HOTEL
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. #77442754
A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. #95738278
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LEONARD DALSEMER
HOTEL CAMINO REAL
Leonard Dalsemer and his family at their villa in Lyford Cay, New Providence Island, April 1974. #56013769
The swimming pool of the Hotel Camino Real in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, April 1979. #84106460
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POOL IN PALM BEACH
LOS LEONES
Bathers in and around the pool at Mrs. Murray Goodman’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985. #77442781
Los Leones, the home of Catherine and Pero Feric at Pointe Milou on the northern coast of Saint-Barthelemy in the Caribbean, March 1991. #74155648
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Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Sigrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau. The children are Bianca Juarez (Bobo’s daughter from another relationship) and Siobhan, Branwell and Saoirse McClory. #2716725
PORTO ERCOLE
SWIMMING IN THE BAHAMAS
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1973. #87922953
Brightly coloured swimmers in a pool in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, 1959. #101912753
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MARBELLA CLUB
MARBELLA CLUB
The swimming pool of the Marbella Club in Andalucia looks out over the sea, 1976. #53403599
Guests relax by the pool of the Marbella Club, Marbella, Spain, August 1980. #968906498
NEO-CLASSICAL POOL Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardman’s parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. #51428805
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LAKE TAHOE TRIP
LAKE TAHOE LADIES
Young women canoeing on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. #89370192
A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. #89370172
POOL BY THE SEA
MCMARTIN VILLA
Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. #73309131
Guests around the pool at Elephant Walk, Duncan McMartin’s villa in Bermuda, September 1977. #95738182
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PALM BEACH PASTELS
THE ROMANONES
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. #605353355
Dowager Countess of Romanones, Blanca de Borbon (right, with Parasol), with her daughter, the Marquesa of Tamarit (left, with fan) and granddaughters, Maria (left) and her younger sister, Victoria, at the Countess’s home in Madrid, Spain, May 1976. #3165717
POOL AT SOTOGRANDE
LILLIAN CRAWFORD
Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. #95738211
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolving, in Palm Beach, May 1970. #74155619
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DINING AL FRESCO ON CAPRI
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Italian artist and actress Domiziana Giordano, Italian author Francesca Sanvitale (1928 - 2011), Dino Trappetti and Umberto Terrelli dining al fresco on a terrace overlooking the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. #155762805
FINDING A SPOT
FUNK IN TUSCANY
A sunbather at the seaside-style pool of Jacques Couelle’s home ‘Monte Mano’, on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1973. #77440278
Marta Marzotta playing a James Brown album on an Italian Brionvega Radiofonograph RR126 stereo system, Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969. #88155289
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MARIETINE BIRNIE, BLUE LAGOON
MARIETINE BIRNIE
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. #968910696
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. #968906452
CARIBE HILTON BEACH
BARBADOS BEACH
A woman reclining in a hammock hung between palm trees on the beach at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 1956. #72277964
Mr and Mrs Nigel van Wieck take a stroll along a beach in Barbados, April 1976. #52200181
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HOTEL EXCELSIOR
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. #53438142
Lady Daphne Cameron (Mrs George Cameron) on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford’s home in Palm Beach, Florida. #2716791
PANTZ POOL
EL VENERO
Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, September 1985. #79825185
El Venero, the Moorish villa of Hector and Chico de Ayala in Marbella, Spain, 1967. #50945877
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Motorboats moored on the coast near the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. #483570365
HOTEL DU CAP
LEISURE IN ANTIBES
Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images). #95738207
A woman sunbathing in a motorboat as it tows a waterskiier, in the sea off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. #483570125
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SCRABBLE IN PALM SPRINGS
SUNBATHING ON CAPRI
A group of people playing a game of Scrabble, Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. #52021099
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers - along with Elisabetta Catalano, Charlotte Ticken and Pamela Grupas - on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. #155761750
SOCIAL CALL
SCOTTI’S YACHT
Charley Weaver at the Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, 1972. #605352845
Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti’s yacht, ‘Scotland Cay’, Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco, August 1981. #95738185 Visit fineprintco.com to view the entire Slim Aarons collection
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VALERIE CATES
BARBADOS BLISS
Valerie Cates in Marbella, Spain, 1976. #53405334
Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillea in Barbados, April 1976. #52200184
BETTINA GRAZIANI Bettina Graziani relaxes in a hammock on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1964. #53438482
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ISLAND PARADISE
SUNBATHING IN ARIZONA
August 1984: Topless swimmers on a rocky promontory of the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. #3438891
A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington’s pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967. #77442852
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TANIA MALLET
PENTHOUSE POOL
1961: Actress Tania Mallet relaxes on a red-curtained four poster in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas. She is best known for her role as the unfortunate Tilly Masterson in the Bond film ‘Goldfinger’. #3165240
Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. #77440243
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CAPRI BAY
VUCCINO AND RAVA
1958: Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri. #3248972
Carla Vuccino, wearing a swimming cap, and a sunbathing Marina Rava, both wearing bikinis as they sit on the rear of a boat, on the waters off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy, 1958. #155762913
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UNGHIA MARINA
SCONE MADAM ?
A group of people stand on a terrace, at the Unghia Marina on the island of Capri, Italy, in September 1989. Trees dot the side of the marina while a flagpole rises up from the edge of the terrace. #155762910
Interior decorator James Pendleton, his wife and guests spending a quiet Sunday afternoon beside the pool at their home of the last eight years, Beverly Hills, California, 1952. Drinking tea are Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton, Leonard Stanley (from Hawaii), Mr. and Mrs. William Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Henry and Mrs. Jack Bolton. In the background is the pool house. #3088770
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BUZIOS Holidaymakers in Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil, January 1983. #596331487[1]
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GREAT HARBOUR CAY
SARDINIAN HOLIDAY
A bather on the beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. #95738249
Selvaggia Borromeo enjoys a yachting holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, 1967. #53403798
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SAINT-TROPEZ BOUCHERIE
SAINT-TROPEZ
A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. #102061239
Holidaymakers on the deck of yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. #475371105
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SAINT-TROPEZ BEACH The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. #102060802
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RELAXING AT LAKE TAHOE
NICE POOL
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. #77442752
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest 1920- 2003) and her son Alexander Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach. #2716665_8
HOTEL TAORMINA
TROPICAL MUSTIQUE
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. #670809329
February 1989: Pierre Vincent Marais holidays with friends on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines. #3438554
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ALL MINE
THE MARLBOROUGHS
Jim Kimberly and his wife, with his white sports car and white boats moored on Lake Worth. A Palm Beach socialite, he acts as Honorary Consul of Jordan. #2665700
1957: John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill, the 10th Duke of Marlborough (1897 - 1972) and his wife Mary relax on a bench in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the family seat in Oxfordshire. #3165488
HOTEL DE PARIS IN MONACO
POSITANO BEACH 1
The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1977. #475373495
The entrance to the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, Monaco, June 1977. #745209369
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TREASURE CAY Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986. #71109962
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LAKE TAHOE COUPLE
KASIMIR KORYBUT
A couple at a swimming pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. The line on the bottom of the pool marks the state line between Nevada and California. #77442879
Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971. #968906408
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HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC
HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC
An aerial view of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1976. #483570363
Guests around the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1978. #483570073
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HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC Holidaymakers in a motorboat off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. #483570071
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IL PELLICANO BEACH
HARBOUR AREA PORTOFINO
A jetty juts out from the rocky shoreline at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1973. #88154880
General view of the harbour area, crowded with small and large boats, in Portofino, Italy, 1977. #155761599
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MARBELLA HOUSE PARTY
LAS BRISAS HOTEL
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain,1967. #968906546
Apartments and pools at the LA Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. #77442624
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PALM BEACH
MONOCLED MISS
The pool at the Colony hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, USA 1955. #166899883
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. #3163556
PEACE AND PLENTY People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. #77442626
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POOL AT AMALFI COAST
PORTO ERCOLE WINDSURFING
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984. #77442051
Private boats in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. #88048079
PORTOFINO
PORTOFINO HARBOUR
1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. #51246670
The harbour in the Ligurian town of Portofino, August 1977. #56454462
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OLIMPIA HRUSKA
SNORKELLING IN SARDINIA
Swedish model Olimpia Hruska, wearing a bikini, poses against a rock on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Italy, 1964. #745208851
A woman wearing a swimsuit walks into the sea holding diving flippers and a snorkel, in Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, Italy, 1964. #766994977
HOLIDAY IN CAPRI Carla Vuccino and Bianca Volpato holiday with their friends on Capri, Italy, July 1958. #134000942
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CAPRI TAN
LAGUNA BEACH
1968, A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy. #51246667
Surfers outside a beach hut in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970. #89440730
TENNIS IN THE BAHAMAS
OCEAN CLUB ON PARADISE ISLAND
Two women stand talking to a man on the edge of a tennis court in the Bahamas, circa 1957. Behind the main group stand a second group of people talking. #114211819
A cross-shaped ornamental pond and fountain at The Ocean Club on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, 1963. Huntington Hartford, paid $25,000,000 to have Paradise Island legally designated an ‘out island’, thus cutting his taxes. #76859792
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MONTE CARLO
LIDO LIFE
Friends board a riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. #745216007
A waiter serves fruit to bathers, including socialite, Louisa del Musso (kneeling), at the Lido in Venice, Italy, 1957. #745210113
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MONACO GRAND PRIX
PORTO ERCOLE
British racing driver James Hunt (1947 - 1993) on the grid at the Monaco Grand Prix, 22nd May 1977. #79750345
A jetty juts out from a rocky shoreline in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. #88004728
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PORTO ROTONDO Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990. #56442303
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HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC ROOFTOP
TRANSPORT BUFFS
Guests around the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1978. #483570127
A helicopter and two motor boats adorn the deck of a luxury yacht where Iowan businessman Roy J Carver and the Prince de Polignac are chatting in Monte Carlo harbour. #2695020
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SUN WORSHIP
HELEN DZO DZO KAPTUR
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. #2694767
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #605352847
MEGACHESS A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. #84113314
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THE LURE OF LAMU
MARBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
The resort of Kiwayu Mlango wa Chanu in the Lamu Archipelago of Kenya, February 1987. The resort is run by Governors’ Camp of the Masai Mara. #101912743
A group of boys competing in a marble championship in Central Park, New York City, 1947. #1158180856
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TRUMAN CAPOTE
TULLIO ABBATE
1970: Author of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) and his dog in Palm Springs, California. #3163505
Tullio Abbate, of Abbate Boats, at the back of yacht as it is moored at a property on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, in June 1983. #155762988
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YACHT HOLIDAY
SURFING BROTHERS
Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967. #53403623
Circa 1965: Freddie and Howard Cushing surfing with friends at Bailey’s Beach (the Spouting Rock Beach Association) in Newport. Their father introduced the sport to the club in the 1930’s. #3088863_10
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MY TOY
KATHARINE HEPBURN
April 1982: Member of the ‘Jolly Club’, Gabriele D’Annunzio, Prince Di Montenevoso at Vallelonga with his red Lola racing car. He is Chief Test Driver for Firestone International. #3163540
1953: American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica. #3164477
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A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch ‘Traveler II’, Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964. #968898944
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
PALM SPRINGS RIDERS
A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swimming pool in Capri, Italy, August 1974. #453081605
A group of riders among Washingtonia palms in Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. #52021108
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LAS BRISAS
BERMUDA STREET SCENE
The coastline near Warren Avis’ villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. #84113320
Bicycles, motorcycles, and cars on a street in Bermuda, June 1967. #554350999
NO TRANSPORT PROBLEMS American model and actress, Mary Hartline (Mrs Woolworth Donahue), with car and bicycles on her motor yacht, ‘Hartline’, Palm Beach, 1982. #2695069
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VERBIER SKIERS
1967: A stand-up fondue picnic for skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. The village was opened in 1967. The ski picnic was organized by Holiday magazine, with the helicopter being used to bring up hot food. #2668255
Skiers at Verbier, 1964. #52043588
MOUNTAIN BUFFET Courchevel restaurant chefs Jean Jacob (left) of ‘Le Bateau Ivre’, Michel Rochedy (centre) of ‘Le Chabichou’, and Albert Parveaux of ‘Pralong 2000’, Courchevel, France, April 1987. #670809715
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HOTEL KRONE, LECH
SKIING IN VAIL 3
Traffic passing by the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. #745210707
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745208853
SKIING IN VAIL 1
SKIING IN VAIL 2
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745210699
Skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745210705
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SNOWMASS GATHERING March 1968: A stand-up fondue picnic for skiers at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado which has more than fifty miles of trails and snowfields. The village was opened in 1967. #114278166
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SKIING IN VAIL 5
A woman carrying skis and ski poles in Vail, Colorado, 1964. #745208845
A group of skiers standing next to snow covered trees in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745209097
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Guests lounging by the indoor swimming pool of the Gasthof Post in Lech, Austria, February 1979. #77442712
SKIING IN VAIL 6
SKATING WAITER
A woman wearing a fur coat and holding ski poles in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745209363
A skating cocktail waiter at the Palace Hotel in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. #113912062
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LECH ICE BAR 1
LECH ICE BAR 2
Skiers enjoy a drink by the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. #745210703
A bartender mixes a drink for a customer at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. #745209091
SKIING IN SEEFELD A group of men and women go cross-country skiing in Seefeld, Austria, 1985. #745208843
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PARK AVENUE
THE CARLTON HOTEL
STAR IN TOWN
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PULITZER ON THE BEACH
SPRING BREAK
LUCKY LUCIANO
NY LIGHTS
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AN ANXIOUS WAIT
NEW ENGLAND SKIING
SOHO WAITERS’ RACE
FARLEY GRANGER
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JAZZ SCOOTER
THE KING OF JAZZ
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Once Upon A Time - by Slim Aarons “This article, found in the beautiful publication by the same name from Abrams Publishers, had Frank Zachary write its introduction. Slim depicts his life story with a vivacity that matches his vibrant photography.�
I believe in fairy tales. For six decades I have concentrated on photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places. Many of these elegant people were princes and princesses and others were just ladies and gentlemen. Some lived in marble palaces and Camelot castles, and others lived in magnificent contemporary estates. I travelled all over the world to photograph them; found them in London and New York, Gstaad and Newport, Palm Beach and St. Tropez, and Lake Forest and Rome. During World War II, I was a combat photographer for Yank magazine, and having survived that experience a little battered but all in one piece, I felt I owed myself some easy, luxurious living to make up for the years I had spent sleeping on the ground in the mud, being shot at and bombed. The war was over; I was eager to put all that misery behind me. There were still a lot of problems in the world, and while many of my colleagues focused on these post-war headaches, on cold wars and little hot wars, on the social trouble s in a devastated Europe and in America itself, I decided I had had my fill of photographing human suffering and despair. So, when I was asked to hotfoot it to Korea to cover the war there, I let it be known that the only beach I was interested in landing on was one decorated with beautiful girls tanning in a tranquil sun. Beaches were made for strolling and lying on, not for invading.
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These were the years before television had brought a certain kind of familiarity with the world into everyone's home, and the great picture magazines Look, Life, and Holiday were doing a tremendous job covering the Who, What, When, and Where of the world. There was more than enough work. And many of the friends I had made during the war were now editors of those magazines. One of my first beats was Hollywood, dream capital of the world, as far from reality as I could have imagined getting. Freelancing for Life magazine, I found the transition was easily made from war combat to combating starlets. I have never forgotten the advice Clarence Bull, chief of still photography at MGM, gave me while he photographed stars like Lana Turner, Clark Gable, and Robert Taylor: Glamour was essential, illusion must be maintained. Louis B. Mayer's edict prevailed: The women must be beautiful, the men handsome. They were the princes and princesses of Dream World and Clark Gable was "The King." After Hollywood, I decided to head for Europe, and as Life was just opening a bureau in Rome, I checked in there, settling down at the Excelsior Hotel on the Via Veneto, where my bill was a little over ninety dollars a month. The Excelsior had special rates for actors, newspapermen and courtesans. The reasons were obvious, the manager told me: actors and actresses decorated the lobby; news men might be working on a book (remember Grand Hotel?), and
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beautiful courtesans always demanded the biggest and the best suites from their current lovers. All the great continental hotels operated that way in those days. It was a wonderful place to begin my quest for the beautiful and the elegant. Rome offered its palaces and ancient ruins as suitable backgrounds for the galaxy of stars suddenly descending on the Eternal City. Life there was rewarding: the dollar was strong, the wine dolce, and the girls fantastic. Entertaining in their exquisite drawing rooms and frescoed galleries, the "Black Aristocracy," in combination with the superstars at play, gave rise to the legend of the "Beautiful People." From Rome I returned to the States and proceeded to photograph people in elegant surroundÂings all over the world. A Wonderful Time, my first book, came about when the attic of my home could hold no more of the photographs deposited there at the end of each assignment, and something had to be done. How about organizing them into a book? I thought; and so it began. The problem that soon became apparent was that there was enough material for a dozen books, and the decision had to be made to narrow the focus to the Western Hemisphere-at least for a start. A Wonderful Time was a personal and pictorial record of the great American cities, choice residential areas, and fashionable summer and
winter resorts during the post-World War II years. It is also a glimpse of the first families of America, photographed in their elegant homes and exclusive clubs. It was made during those years when I was on assignment for a number of magazines that depicted for readers a style of living known only to the favored few. I chose to call my second book Once Upon A Time not only in reference to the fairy-tale world I photographed, but also because I couldn't think of a better title to show how times have changed in the six decades I've been taking photographs. What was a very simple life when I was in my twenties has become something unbelievably complex. I can remember when I first came to New York after my formative years in New England. On hot summer days you could sleep in Central Park. Try that today! Now there are so many cars in New York that living there is a continual traffic jam. When I first began at Life magazine, I was paid $25 a day and I lived beautifully. At Maria's Restaurant on 52nd Street you could have a delicious lunch for $1.25 or a dinner of the finest food in New York for $2.50. When I lived in Rome, you could fill a girl's room with flowers for $10. I still wear suits I had made to order at Brioni for less than $100, and the shoes I had made of kangaroo leather in Hong Kong were two pairs for $120. You could walk onto an airplane five minutes before the flight took off and the only time you had to go through security was at customs in a foreign country.
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By the time I reached thirty, I had nearly been blown up in Anzio, I had photographed the top movie stars, stage stars, and society's stars and I had shot three Life covers. I paid $32 a month for an atelier on 57th Street just off Park Avenue; for $63, I got the whole floor with a terrace. I could park right in front of the door of my building, or if I wanted to garage my car, the price was 50 cents. A dime was considered a reasonable tip-it was good enough for Rockefeller! It is no wonder that people need huge salaries today just to afford a decent life. Today I live in the country outside of New York, where I've lived for the past fifty years. I cut my own grass, not only for the enjoyment of the experience, but for the exercise as well. I even keep a hand mower in case there is no gasoline. I particularly enjoy being able to walk barefoot outside, surrounded by flowers and two-hundred-year-old trees. My water comes from my own well, and if the heat goes out, the great old fireplace in my 1782 colonial can heat the entire house. The town I live in is so concerned about maintaining open space that we pay extra taxes to buy parcels of land to leave undeveloped. I learned one lesson after being a combat photographer: if a war is coming, get out of the cities. If a million-dollar bomb is going to be dropped, it will be dropped where it can cause the most damage, not on a farmhouse in the country.
and modern. I marvel at the wonders that we live with-satellites, digital television and cameras, cell phones, the internet. Yet I fondly remember the times when a Coke cost a nickel, when a kid could buy a piece of candy for a penny, when the computer wasn't down, and when there was something to watch on television though there were only three or four channels to choose from. Many of those shown in this book have changed their names, and others have passed on, but as the camera has recorded, so they were, and there they were. I have tried to include images of an era that was fairy-tale-like and much simpler, such as children playing on a lawn or a horse-drawn sleigh in New Hampshire taking skiers to lifts that were never crowded. Now ask yourself, dear reader, even with all the amazing things that we have in our lives today, are we better off, or were things simpler Once Upon A Time?
How did things become the way they are today? We have every conceivable device and more to make our lives smooth, efficient,
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