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ITS A HARD LIFE Photographer Slim Aarons riding a bike along the quayside with cameras slung round his neck during the filming of ‘Mister Roberts’ in Hawaii. #2695077
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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. He photographed 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.
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Slim Aarons passed away May 29th, 2006. He was 89 years old.
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Poolside A colourful compendium of the rich and well-connected ‘doing attractive things’ in one of their favourite playgrounds; the swimming pool. Magnificent suntanned bodies and bikini-clad women, enjoying summer cocktails in sun-drenched settings having fun! The Poolside Collection allows us a peek into privileged lives, to which Slim Aarons was given unprecedented access during the sixties, seventies, and eighties. From the Bahamas to Italy, from Mexico to Monaco and including his most iconic poolside image ‘Poolside Gossip’ in Palm Springs, the Poolside Collection provides a colourful splash of style, luxury, and grandeur. NO PROPS, NO STYLIST, NO LIGHTS….NO PROBLEM!!! – After arriving in Palm Springs in 1970, Slim was asked to produce a series of shots for Holiday magazine. For his now most famous photograph ‘Poolside Gossip’, he reached out to his close friend, Nelda Linsk, and asked her to invite a few friends to her home, the Kaufmann Desert House designed by Richard Neutra, for an impromptu daytime party. In compliance with his mantra – “No props, no stylist, no lights, no problems” – he requested the guests to wear their own clothes and do their own makeup and hair.
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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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POOLSIDE GAZE
POOLSIDE CATWALK
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat) at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #604392793
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #604391309
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CHAMPAGNE BY THE POOL
POOLSIDE SCENERY
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo (in white crochet, left) talking to a guest by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. #1317277781
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. At centre, left is actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat) and at far right is former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur. #1317277782
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POOLSIDE INTERRUPTION
CATCH UP BY THE POOL
Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. #674395519
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat) at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #604389841
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KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE The Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann. At the time Nelda Links (right, in yellow) owned the house. Lita Baron and Helen Dzo Dzo are among the guests, January 1970. #77728386
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POOLSIDE FRIENDSHIP
PALM SPRINGS LIFE
Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. At centre, left, is actress Lita Baron (in white sunhat) and at centre, right, is former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur. #1317277783
Nelda Linsk (left, in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk with guests by the pool at the Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. #1317277785
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POOLSIDE WAITING A waiter by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. #1317277787
POOLSIDE CHIC 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. #674395665
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POOLSIDE FASHIONS
NELDA AND FRIENDS
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. #674384091
Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #605352637
DESERT HOUSE PARTY
DESERT HOUSE PARTY
A Desert house in Palm Springs designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar Kaufmann. Lita Baron approaches on the right Nelda Linsk, wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk who is talking to a friend, Helen Dzo Dzo. #77442787
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. #674384077
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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
KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE
POOLSIDE DREAMS
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #604389835
Helen Dzo Dzo at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann, January 1970. #89441044
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POOLSIDE PAIRS
Guests by the pool at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. #52021113
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace) and Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #604392795
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AT THE KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE
HELEN DZO DZO KAPTUR
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.
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970.
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POOLSIDE CHAT
KAUFMANN DESERT HOUSE III
Former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur (in white lace), Nelda Linsk (in yellow), wife of art dealer Joseph Linsk, and other guests at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The Linsks are the current owners of the house. #604392791
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, January 1970. #77728384
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POOLSIDE PARTY 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
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Bahamas The Bahamas islands are scattered like pearls across pristine turquoise waters and to this day, are the playground for the jest-set society. With stunning beaches and an abundance of untouched nature, Slim Aarons enjoyed the perfect backdrop when capturing magnificent suntanned bodies and bikini-clad women, enjoying summer cocktails in sun-drenched settings having fun!
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A horseshoe beach on Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. #95738204
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HARBOUR ISLE BEACH
ESTHER WILLIAMS BY THE POOL
Holidaymakers on the beach at Harbour Isle in the Bahamas, March 1973. #95738214
American actress and swimmer Esther Williams with a friend at the The Lighthouse Club, Andros Island, Bahamas, 1958. #77442625
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TAKING THE PLUNGE
POOLSIDE SERVICE
A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club building was designed by American architect Eldredge Snyder. #605351895
A swimming pool at the Lyford Cay Club at Lyford Cay on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, 1962. The club building was designed by American architect Eldredge Snyder. #605352841
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NASSAU SAILING
LYFORD CAY
A flotilla of yachts, at Nassau in the Bahamas, March 1971. #74155635
Lord and Lady Martonmere in the garden of the Villa El Mirador, their Lyford Cay home, April 1974. #74155612
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New Release THE BAHAMAS A swimming pool, seen through the fronds of a palm tree, with two people swimming and a group of people sitting at tables at the poolside in the Bahamas, May 1967. Beyond the pool is a beach and sea. #114211580
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NASSAU BEACH HOTEL
ANDROS ISLAND
The outdoor swimming pool at Nassau Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1959. The hotel was the first built by Howard Johnson outside the United States. #77442728
A family enjoying a quiet beach on Andros Island, Bahamas, 1957. #968906432
FREEPORT BEACH
EXUMA HOLIDAY
A beach in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. #109857664
A yachting hoilday on Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1964. #84941427_8
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FRENCH LEAVE HOTEL
BAHAMANIAN HOTEL
Guests at the French Leave Hotel, owned by actor Craig Kelly, at Eleuthera in The Bahamas, 1960. #77442723
A hotel on the coast at Great Harbour Cay, Bahamas, March 1973. #95738278
TENNIS IN THE BAHAMAS
ABACO ISLANDER
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
Author Chester Thompson at work in his conut grove on the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas. His ancestor Wyannie Malone settled on the islands in 1783, founding Hope Town, March 1986. #71109977
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PEACE AND PLENTY
COTTON BAY
People by the pool at Club Peace And Plenty, Georgetown on the island of Great Exuma, Bahamas, April 1967. #77442626
The Campbells’ pool at Cotton Bay, on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas, November 1982. #95720181
DECK DWELLERS General view looking down on sunbathers on the deck of the yacht ‘Traveler II’, off the coast of Exuma in the Bahamas, April 1967. The image has been taken from a vantage point on the mast of the yacht. #114211583
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SEA DRIVE Film producer Kevin McClory takes his wife Bobo Segrist and their family for a drive in an ‘Amphicar’ across the harbour at Nassau. #2716725_8
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A FRIENDLY CHAT
ABACO HOLIDAY
A man wearing diving equipment talks with a girl in a wicker chair on the beach, Bahamas, 1967. #745216005
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
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Boating Have you ever seen the classic photos of the French Riviera boating life or aerial shots of luxurious yachts surrounded by the crystal-clear waters of the Bahamas in the 50s, 60s and 70’s?? Chances are, they were shot by Slim Aarons! These iconic images, epitomising the simple, natural and the elegant on the water.
A prominent subject of our Slim Aarons Boating Collection is the Riva. The ultimate symbol of style and sophistication, thus becoming a popular leisure activity for society’s elite and the perfect subject for Slim’s photographs. These boats were owned by aristocracy and celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren and Sean Connery.
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HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC
Waterskiing from the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, 1969. #475371029
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FISHING BOATS
DAL LAKE
Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. #554352255
Dal Lake in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. #166899880
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FREEPORT YACHTS
SAILING IN LYFORD CAY
Yachts in a marina in Freeport, in the Bahamas, April 1969. #109857661
A crew member tends to the rigging on a yacht in Lyford Cay, Bahamas, April 1966. #973325724
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BOATS AT HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC
MOTORBOATS IN ANTIBES
Motorboats moored off the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. #483570077
Motorboats moored on the coast near the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969 #483570365
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New Release SAILING IN ANGUILLA A couple adjusting the sail on their dinghy at a luxury resort on the island of Anguilla in the West Indies, January 1992. #88655958
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VENICE GONDOLAS
FISHING BOATS
Gondolas moored in Venice, 1957. In the background is the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, on San Giorgio Maggiore island. #79466737
Fishing nets and boats on the shore in Mexico, 1952. #554351985
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BLACK PEARL TRIPPERS
JHELUM RIVER
Henry B. Cabot Jr. (standing, centre) with his son Henry Bromfield Cabot III and their host Barclay (Buzzy) H Warburton III (in striped shirt) aboard the brigantine ‘Black Pearl’, circa 1959. They are sailing off North Shore, Boston, around Manchester and Marblehead harbors, Essex County, Massachusetts. #52171071
A luxury boat trip on the Jhelum River near Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 1961. The boat is called the ‘HB Cutty Sark’. #166899857
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HOLIDAY IN CAPRI
Friends board a Riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. #745209351
Carla Vuccino and Bianca Volpato holiday with their friends on Capri, Italy, July 1958. #134000942
MONTE CARLO Friends board a Riva boat in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1975. #745216007
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TULLIO ABBATE
LA CONCHA CLIENTELE
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
Guests at the La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. #77442067
HOTEL IL SAN PIETRO
PARTY IN BERMUDA
Guests at the Hotel Il San Pietro in Positano, Italy, August 1979. #88154901
A party on the deck of the yacht ‘Ondine’ in Bermuda, June 1970. #84941452
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STOCKING ISLAND, BAHAMAS A high angle view of people swimming next to the ketch ‘Traveler II’, Stocking Island, Bahamas, 1964. #968898944
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BLUE SEAS
Swimmers off the Italian island of Capri, 1958. #56475754
Holidaymakers’ yachts find a quiet haven off the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. August 1984. #3438898
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SNORKELLING IN THE SHALLOWS
CHARTER KETCH
A group of people snorkelling off a small boat in Malta, circa 1959. #745209357
Sixty eight foot charter ketch ‘Traveller II’ at anchor in the lee of Stocking Island, across the harbour from George Town, Exuma: circa 1960. #3089557
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COWARD ABROAD
American actor Huge O’Brian(left) hoists the sail on a dinghy, Antigua, West Indies, 1961. #88655989
English playwright, actor and composer Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) on holiday in Jamaica in a hired rowing boat, 1953. #3230501
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SWIMMING IN BERMUDA Guests on Sidney Gould’s ‘Sea Quest’ boat take a dip in the ocean, Bermuda, September 1977. #554350655
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COLOURFUL CREW
A group of colourfully dressed friends on board the Calypso clothing store owned boat, Bermuda, June 1970. #745216001
A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970. #95738179
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PORTO ERCOLE
Private boats in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. #88048079
Boating in Porto Ercole, Italy, August 1969. #670808949
BETTINA GRAZIANI
SAILBOAT IN SAN DIEGO
French Fashion model Bettina Graziani wading in the shallow waters of Costa Smeralda, pulling a small yacht behind her, in Sardinia, Italy, 1964. #155761602
Mrs Cuddihy Perry, her son, and Mrs George H. Gentry with a sailboat on a beach in San Diego California, 1960. #120817126
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CONCA DEI MARINI A busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984. #670809435
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COMING ASHORE
CONCA DEI MARINI
A Magnum motorboat belonging to Count Filippo Theodoli arrives at the private jetty of the Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy. August 1973. #745210243
A bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984. #670809361
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VIEW FROM IL PELLICANO
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
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
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SAILING DINGHY
ZEPHYRIA
A boy and two girls lifting a sailing dinghy off its trailer, San Diego, California, October 1956. #120817062
Holidaymakers aboard the ‘Zephyria I’ in Monte Carlo, August 1970. #101949525
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SCOTTI’S YACHT
WAITING IN THE SHADE
Guests on board Italian Count Hannibal Scotti’s yacht, ‘Scotland Cay’, Monte Carlo harbour, Monaco, August 1981. #95738185
A woman shelters under a parasol on a beach on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia 1967 #745209353
TRANSPORT BUFFS
HPAUNG DAW U PAGODA
A helicopter and two motor boats adorn the deck of a luxury yacht where Roy J Craven and Prince Pouilnac are chatting in Monte Carlo harbour, 1976. #2695020_8
Boatmen using the local leg rowing technique, approaching the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda on Inle Lake in the Taunggyi District of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), May 1971. The pagoda is an important Buddhist site. #658692841
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Mexico From Las Brisas to La Barranca to La Concha Beach Club the Slim Aarons Mexico Collection is all about the water and all about the sun. This collection showcases the preferred luxury hotels of the high society as they lounged in the sun enjoying cocktails and the occasional game of backgammon in the pool.
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NIRVANA The pool at Villa Nirvana, Acapulco, Mexico. Old Acapulco can be seen across the bay. #2668228
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RACQUET CLUB POOL
HILTON POOL BAR
Guests in the pool at the Villa Vera Racquet Club, Acapulco, Mexico, 1968. #77440472
The Hilton Hotel pool bar, Acapulco, Mexico, 1966. #77445116
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LAS BRISAS
LA CONCHA BEACH CLUB
A villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, February 1972. #84113284
Bathers at La Concha Beach Club, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #77442143
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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. #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
CLIFFTOP POOL Guests around the clifftop pool at Warren Avis’ villa ‘La Barranca’, Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, January 1971. #77442113
VILLA VERA The bar at the Villa Vera Hotel Spa and Racquet Club in Acapulco, January 1968. #84113339
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MAZATLAN SEASIDE
NIRVANA QUARTET
Holidaymakers at a seaside pool at Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984. #77443932
Oscar Obregon Salazar Gomez Velez Guzman y Murphy (centre, left) with Karen Murphy, Robin Goodland and Melissa Engelhardt at the Villa Nirvana hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, 1986. #53397513
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
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VILLA NIRVANA
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter in a swimming pool at Acapulco. #2695027_8
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. #77442109_10
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VILLA NIRVANA
MAZATLAN MANSION
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. #669617977
Heldorado, the Redo family villa in Mazatlan, Mexico, January 1984. #84107576
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Guests round the pool at Las Hadas, Manzanillo, Mexico, 1974. #77443393
POOL AT LAS BRISAS
UNDERWATER DRINK
Guests in the pool at the Las Brisas Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. #77440433
A woman drinking from a coconut underwater in the pool at Las Brisas Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1972. #76859752
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LAS BRISAS
Apartments and pools at the La Concha Beach Club in Las Brisas resort in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1968. #77442624
The coastline near Warren Avis’ villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. #84113320
GUESTS AT VILLA NIRVANA
TRES VIDAS, ACAPULCO
Guests at the Villa Nirvana, owned by Oscar Obregon, in Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, 1978. #77550046
Guests enjoy cocktails at the pool bar of the Tres Vidas private members club in Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #554350085
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CASA LAS ESTACAS Gunzburg’s pool at the Casa Las Estacas, in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, April 1979. #84106463
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LAS BRISAS
LA BARRANCA
The coastline near Warren Avis’ villa in Las Brisas, Acapulco, January 1978. #84113311
Bandleader Teddy Stauffer (1909 - 1991) at La Barranca, Warren Avis’ villa in Acapulco, January 1971. #670809333
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HOTEL CAMINO REAL
GUINNESS BY THE POOL
The swimming pool of the Hotel Camino Real in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, April 1979. #84106460
Mexican socialite and journalist Gloria Guinness (1912 - 1980) at her hilltop house overlooking the Bay of Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #77443366
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The swimming pool at the Princess Hotel, Acapulco, Mexico, February 1975. #95738206
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France As the extensive library in this collection suggests, Slim Aarons loved France and he especially loved Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc! The Hotel Du Cap Eden-Roc images are some of his most loved images. Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc was, and still is, the quintessential Riviera playground, with a stretch of private shore, parkland, and pool nestled on the rocks and refreshed with natural sea water. The Slim Aarons France collection captures the high society at play on the water, soaking up the sun by the pool, enjoying the idyllic fishing village of Saint-Tropez or staying at the luxury hotels along the French Riviera.
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CANNES WATERSPORTS Holidaymakers waterskiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. #475371027
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POOL IN ST TROPEZ
Jonas Akerman with his wife Lillemor Malmstrom and their children in their villa in Provence, France, circa 1989. The villa is a remodeled shepherd’s hut. #605353057
Guests around the pool at a villa in St Tropez, France, circa 1970. #95738208
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EDEN-ROC POOL
HOTEL DU CAP
Guest by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. #73309134
Holidaymakers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, 1969. #95738207
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BIARRITZ SEAFRONT The beach and seafront at Biarritz, France, 1960. #53397496
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SAINT-TROPEZ SEAFRONT
Cars and pedestrians on the busy seafront at Saint-Tropez, in southeastern France, September 1970. #475373393
The seafront in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, September 1970. #102061209
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HOTEL DU CAP EDEN-ROC
HOTEL SPORTS
Guests by the pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1976. #77440352
Hoildaymakers water-skiing in front of the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1958. #3436608_8
TOWBOAT AT HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC 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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CARLTON HOTEL
Guests at the entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. #475374147
The entrance to the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, 1958. #165055050
COMTE DE PARIS
EQUESTRIAN ENTRANCE
1956, The Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne, with his wife the Comtesse and their children at their home, the Manoir du Coeur Volant, Louveciennes, France. #51246682
Madame de la Haye-Jousselin on her horse at the gates to her chateau in Normand, 1957. #3165297
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LA LEOPOLDA
SAINT-TROPEZ BEACH
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
The beach at Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. #102060802
HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC An aerial view of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1976. #483570363
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Holidaymakers on the deck of a yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. #475371105
ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN
CARLTON HOTEL
The Monte-Carlo Beach Hôtel on the Pointe de la Vieille in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, August 1981. #475371099
The Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France, 1963. #475374019
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SAINT-TROPEZ
SUNBATHERS AT EDEN ROC
Holidaymakers lounging on the deck of their luxury yacht in Saint-Tropez, France, August 1971. #475373743
Sunbathers at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. #73309167
HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC 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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FRENCH HOLIDAY
HOTEL DU CAP-EDEN-ROC ROOFTOP
Holidaymakers about to embark on a drive during a Summer in France. A true snapshot of the times. France, August 1969 #475373493
Guests around the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, in Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1978. #483570127
THE JOURDANS
SUMMER HOME
French actor Louis Jourdan and his wife Quiquie at the Eden Roc annex of the Hotel Du Cap D’Antibes on the French Riviera, August 1969. #77440272
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, August 1984. #52432977
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POOL BY THE SEA Guests round the swimming pool at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Antibes, France, August 1969. #73309131
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ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN
LA VOILE D’OR
A view from a hillside in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, southeastern France, looking toward Monaco, August 1970. #475373503
La Voile d’Or Hotel in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France September 1973. #670809433
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BEACH AT ST. TROPEZ
THE GRAND PLAGE
Sunbathers on the beach at St. Tropez, France, 1977. #53397493
The Grand Plage, Biarritz, dominated by the Bellevue Casino and the Hotel du Palais, and the Bay of Biscay beyond, 1985. #51246672
HOTEL DU PALAIS BIARRITZ
ROOFTOP POOL
The curved beachside pool at the Hotel du Palais Biarritz, Biarritz, France, September 1985. #475371025
A woman by the pool on the roof of the Loews Hotel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1975. #77446000
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Island Life The Slim Aarons Island Life Collection offers a glimpse into the world of the Beautiful People at play, on holiday, in glamorous locales, taking in the sun, shedding their clothes, and letting their hair down. This collection takes us on a journey to the exclusive island playgrounds of the rich and famous.
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PRIVATE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES 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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MUSTIQUE
CASA DE CAMP
Linda Ashland relaxes in a beach hammock on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines: March 1973. #3248999
Part of Yvette Bluhdorn’s house in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, February 1985. #670809403
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SLIM AARONS
COUNTESS ON DECK
Photographer Slim Aarons (right) on board a yacht off Capri, Italy, September 1968. #2926933_8
Countess Gioia Gaetani-Lovatelli relaxes on deck during a yachting holiday in Porto Rotondo, 1982. #53403903
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WATER BABE
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‘Town & Country’ writer Meg O’Neil relaxes by the pool on the island of Mustique, in the Grenadines, February 1989. #3248985
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TRIP TO LITTLE BAY
ON THE BEACH IN BERMUDA
A group of holidaymakers snorkelling in Little Bay on the island of Anguilla in the West Indies, January 1992. #88655925
Sunbathing and swimming at a beach in Bermuda, June 1967. #554351245
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HABITATION LECLERC
PLANTATION COCOYER
Bathers walking down steps to the swimming pool at Habitation Leclerc, Haiti, January 1975. They are followed by a waiter with cocktails. #77442611
People relaxing in the bar at Plantation Cocoyer, Cocoyer Beach, Haiti, February 1981. #77442742
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FLAMINGOS IN FLIGHT
CAVALLO MARINA
Flamingos in flight, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, January 1979. #113915273
A quiet marina on the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica. Circa 1984. #3438900
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BEAN HOUSE
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The swimming pools at the Bean House on the island of Anguilla in the West Indies, January 1992. #88655938
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OLIVIER COQUELIN AND LAHAINA KAMEHA
WALKING ON CAPRI
Entrepreneur Olivier Coquelin and actor Lahaina Kameha in Haiti, February 1981. #89370030
Rodney Pleasants, Alessandro Spicaglia, Pauline Cappa, Don C. Napolitano and Luigi Boscaln walking on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. #155763006
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DINING AL FRESCO
BERMUDA STYLE
Victor Marson (left) and George Amos dine in the garden of Highclere Estate, Barbados, April 1976. #52200188
A swimming pool in the grounds of a house in Bermuda, 1957. #77442739
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New Release OLEANDER DRIVE A family in a pony and trap take a drive along a road lined with oleanders in Bermuda, 1967. #3088850
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UNGHIA MARINA
BERMUDA IDYLL
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
Mrs Frank McMahon and guests around the pool at her seaside home in Bermuda, 1977. #53438284
PORTO ROTONDO
CAVALLO COAST
Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990. #56442303
A fleet of yachts at anchor off the sunny Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica, August 1984. #3438896
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CORAL BEACH A view of Coral Beach, Bermuda, 1977. #53438289
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LAWRENCE PEABODY II
HOLIDAY IN MUSTIQUE
Lawrence Carleton Peabody II and his son, Thomas Lawrence Claudius Peabody at their family’s villa, Boedecia, in Haiti: January 1975. #51246676
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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ANTIGUA BEACH CLUB
MINNIE AND DRU MONTAGU
The beach club at at the Mill Reef Club on Antigua in the West Indies, 1960. #88655949
Minnie and Dru Montagu relax on the beach at Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, April 1977. #768515553
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ISLAND PARADISE
THE LURE OF LAMU
Topless swimmers on a rocky promontory of the Mediterranean island of Cavallo, Corsica, August 1984. #3438891
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
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KATHARINE HEPBURN
JOHN RAWLINGS
American film star Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) driving along the waterfront with Irene Mayer Selznick at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1953. #3164477
Fashion photographer John Rawlings (1912 - 1970) on the beach at Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1950. #51246681_8
TROPICAL MUSTIQUE
TREASURE CAY
Pierre Vincent Marais holidays with friends on the island of Mustique in the Grenadines, February 1989. #3438554
Treasure Cay resort on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, March 1986. #71109962
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MARIA KROMER
RESTING ACTRESS
Part owner of the MCM leather products company, Maria Kromer, in Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic, 1990. #674396081
Actress Florinda Balkan (Florinda Bulcao) in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, rests on cushions covered with her likeness, 1983. #3163570
SWIMMING POOL ON THE BEACH
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The pool at the Meridian Club, owned by Ginny and Bill Cowles, on the Turks and Caicos islands, March 1981. #77442637
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HOTEL TAORMINA The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina in Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. #670809329
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MARIETINE BIRNIE, BLUE LAGOON
KASIMIR KORYBUT
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. #968910696
Kasimir Korybut and Michelle Vaughan begin a raft ride up the White River in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, 1971. #968906408
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Spain From lavish mansions on the Island of Ibiza to the coast of Marbella nestled in the shadows of the Sierra Blanca Mountains. Slim Aarons captured the high society relaxing on sandy Mediterranean beaches, entertaining in their luxury villas, enjoying time together in prestigious nightclubs or sunbathing on luxury yachts.
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YACHT HOLIDAY Tanned bodies on the deck of Dino Pecci Blunt’s yacht in Marbella, 1967. #53430623
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BACKGAMMON PLAYERS
ROCA LLISA
A group of people playing backgammon by a swimming pool at Marbella Beach Club, Spain, September 1970. #52465019
Fosca, Vera, & Fiona Bertran holidaying in Roca Llisa, on the island of Ibiza, Spain, 1978. #605352281
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HOTEL HACIENDA
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The pool at the Hacienda Na Xamena hotel in Port de Sant Miguel, Ibiza, Spain, 1978. #77442772
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PANTZ POOL Laura Hawk, assistant to the photographer, relaxes by the pool at El Rincon, the von Pantz’ Marbella home, September 1985. #79825185
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VALERIE CATES
THE ROMANONES
Valerie Cates in Marbella, Spain, 1976. #53405334
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
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AT THE VON PANTZS
VANE’S VILLA
Bathers by the pool at El Rincon, the Marbella home of Baron and Baroness von Pantz, Spain, August 1967. #77442313
Guests at Vane Ivanovic’s villa in Cap de Formentor, Majorca, Spain, 1987. #605352631
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MARBELLA HOUSE PARTY
SWIMMING IN SPAIN
Guests at a party at the home of Sebastiano Bergese in Marbella, Spain, August 1967. #674382877
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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POOL AT SOTOGRANDE Bathers round a pool in Sotogrande, Spain, August 1975. #95738211
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POOL AT EL CUARTON
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Bathers at a pool in El Cuarton, Costa de la Luz, Spain, August 1971. #554351529
Marina Fernandez de Cordova in Marbella with Prince Hubertus Hohenlohe: August 1982. #3163539
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Italy After leaving the army for a brief stint in Hollywood, Slim Aarons relocated to Rome to work at the Life Magazine bureau. In the late 1940’s Rome, like the rest of the world, was coming back to life and Slim Aarons discovered what would become his principal subject for decades to come, the cavalcade of high society, aristocracy and celebrity. The Italy Collection revels in Slim Aarons love affair with Italy – its magnificent cities and towns and landscapes, its fashionable resorts, and the pleasures of the Italian art of living.
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CAPRI BAY Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, 1958. #3248972
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IL SAN PIETRO DI POSITANO
CAPRI TAN
Il San Pietro di Positano, a luxury hotel on the Amalfi coast in Positano, August 1984. #670808773
A kneeling sunbather shows off her rings and pendant on a beach in Capri, Italy, 1968. #51246667
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TAORMINA
ARDIZZONE’S HOUSE
The coastal town of Taormina in Sicily, Italy, March 1963. #475371101
Overlooking Ardizzone’s House, on the water’s edge in Portofino, Italy, July 1985. #475541025
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IL PELLICANO POOL The seaside pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. #77443300
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LUNCH AT LA PIGNA
CATCHING THE SUN IN CORTINA
US restaurateurs Gilda Cioffi, owner of Mama Gilda in Palm Beach, Guy Avventuiero and his wife, of Gino’s in New York, Gus and Geraldine Pucillo, of the Petite Marmite in Palm Beach, and Renato de Gregorio (standing) enjoying a lavish meal at La Pigna, on the island of Capri, Italy, in August 1980. #155761665
Giuliana Gerolinetto, Maria Cristina Giaconelli, Marina Aletti and Cristina Gerolinetto bask in the sun of an open terrace at El Toula, overlooking Cortina d’Ampezzo and the Dolomites, Italy, March 1976. #155761215
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JACK AND GEEGEE ENTZ
PORTO ERCOLE BOATS
Jack and GeeGee Entz beneath the rose-canopied steps which lead to the entrance of the tennis courts at the Villa d’Este in Cernobbio, near Lake Como, Italy, circa 1983. #155761323
Boats off Porto Ercole, Tuscany, July 1991. #88153662
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PELLICANO POOL
PELLICANO BEACH
Guests around the pool at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969. #88155244
Boats at a jetty by the beach at the Hotel Il Pellicano in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1969. #88155296
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GUCCI POOCH
ADRIATIC SAILORS
A woman carrying her dog in a Gucci bag, Venice, September, 1978. #79885178
Young holidaymakers from Milan enjoy a sail on the Adriatic, 1956. #89370315
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VILLA D’ESTE
PORTO ERCOLE HARBOUR
Boats on the waters near the Queen’s Pavilion, the east wing of the Villa d’Este, on Lake Como, in Cernobbio, Italy, in June 1983. #155762908
Boats in the harbour of Porto Ercole (Port’Ercole), Tuscany, September 1966. #56454459
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New Release AMALFI COAST Windsurfing on the waters off the Amalfi Coast, Italy, in September 1978. #155761688
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VENICE GONDOLIER
BEACH BACKGAMMON
A gondolier on the Grand Canal in Venice, 1957. #79466720
Backgammon on the beach at the Hotel Excelsior on the Venice Lido, Italy, 1957. #475374141
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GALLERIA VITTORIO EMANUELE II
HOTEL EXCELSIOR
View looking down the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, 1960. Opened in 1890, the covered arcade is on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo. #155761489
The beach front of the luxurious Excelsior Hotel on the Venice Lido, 1957. #53438142
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BEACH IN POSITANO
BEACH AT POSITANO
Aerial view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at Positano, Italy, 1979. #155761601
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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BELVEDERE POOL
POOL AT AMALFI COAST
The swimming pool at the Hotel Belvedere, Amalfi, Italy, August 1984 #77440299
A view of the seaside pool at the Hotel St Caterina, Amalfi, Italy, September 1984. #77442051
IL CANILLE
POOL AT VILLA GLI ARIETI
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 thevilla owned by Italian tailor and fashion designer Umberto Tirelli (1928-1992). #155762888
The pool at the Villa Gli Arieti, home of Lamberto Micangeli, in Ansedonia, near Porto Ercole, Italy, September 1986. In the distance is his daughter Marina’s 16th century castle, Torre San Pancrazio. #77443288
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1985, The most exclusive fishing village in Italy, Portofino, on Italy’s Ligurian coast. #51246670
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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WESTIN EXCELSIOR
WESTIN EXCELSIOR
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. #79466675
The Westin Excelsior Hotel on the Lido in Venice, 1957. #79466697
IL PELLICANO HOTEL
TAORMINA
Holidaymakers relax beside the swimming pool of Il Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, Tuscany, August 1980. #87922927
A swimming pool in Taormina, Sicily, 1975. #53439287
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FARAGLIONI ROCKS
HOTEL TAORMINA POOL
Faraglioni Rocks on the Italian island of Capri, August 1974. #56475765
The seaside swimming pool at the Hotel Taormina, Sicily, August 1975. #77440367
CONCA DEI MARINI
CONCA DEI MARINI
A quiet bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984. #670808947
A busy bay in Conca dei Marini, on the Amalfi coast in Italy, August 1984 #670809431
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HARBOUR AREA PORTOFINO General view of the harbour area, crowded with small and large boats, in Portofino, Italy, 1977. #155761599
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NATALE RUSCONI
PORTOFINO HARBOUR
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
The harbour in the Ligurian town of Portofino, August 1977. #56454462
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PORTO ERCOLE
VILLA BORGHESE LION
A balcony overlooking the harbour of Porto Ercole (Port’Ercole), Tuscany, August 1969. #56454453
A young girl eating an ice cream while sitting on a sculpture of a lion in the grounds of the Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy, 1970. #155761619
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HOTEL ON LAKE COMO
TUSCAN HOLIDAY
The swimming pool and jetty at the Villa d’Este Hotel, Lake Como, Italy, June 1983. #77440298
Holidaymakers on the Tuscan coast at the Hotel Il Pellicano at Porto Ercole, August 1969. #88155303
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POSITANO BEACH 3
LA CANZONE DEL MARE
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. #745210173
La Canzone del Mare in Capri, Italy, July 1958. #134001037
DINING AL FRESCO ON CAPRI
GIACOMO-MONTEGAZZA
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
Giacomo and Stefania Montegazza welcome guests arriving by boat at their villa, La Cassinell on Lake Como 1983. #50945878
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PORTOFINO Yachts moored in the Italian fishing village of Portofino, circa 1955. #79466668
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POSITANO BEACH 1
POSITANO BEACH 2
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. #745209369
Elevated view looking down on sunbathers and parasols on the beach at La Scogliera beach in Positano, Italy, 1979. #745209365
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Women The Slim Aarons Women Collection explores the central subject of his career – the extraordinary women who inhabited the upper echelons of society, the arts, fashion, and Hollywood. This collection contains some of his most iconic images of renowned female figures at their most glorious in some of the most dazzling locations across the globe. The Slim Aarons Women Collection is a lovely library of his muses who inspired his most enduring photographs.
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New Release DOWN TO THE POOL A group of women going down the the steps to the pool at Warren Avis’ villa, ‘La Barranca’ at Las Brisas, Acapulco, Mexico, April 1979. #77444279
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LEE CRAWFORD IN POOL
LYNN WYATT
Mrs. Lee Kinsolving (formerly Lee Crawford) descending the steps into the pool at Albin Holder’s home, Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970. #77442821
American socialite Lynn Wyatt by a swimming pool in Cap Ferrat, France, 1991. #605352293
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PALM BEACH
POOLSIDE AT LAGUNA BEACH
Diane Fletcher relaxing by a pool at the Kona Kai Club on Shelter Island, San Diego, California, 1960. She is wearing a two-piece swimsuit by Marie Reid. In the pool behind her is Robert Walker. #166899883
Diane Fletcher relaxing by a pool at the Kona Kai Club on Shelter Island, San Diego, California, 1960. She is wearing a two-piece swimsuit by Marie Reid. In the pool behind her is Robert Walker. #77442903
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C Z AND FRIENDS
QUIET AFTERNOON
C Z Guest (1920 - 2003) at Palm Beach, Florida with her two dogs, 1955. #3247222
Brigitte Lapp Fonda reclines amidst the foliage in Marbella, circa 1980. #53403615
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PARAGLIDER
BETWEEN SEA AND SKY
Preparing to go paragliding in Acapulco a young blonde woman holds on firmly to her parachute harness. 1968 #2665187
Ingrid Morath sunbathes by a swimming pool next to the sea in Acapulco, 1961. Ingrid was born in Rio de Janeiro and lives in Mexico City. #2668237
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New Release LOUNGING IN BERMUDA Jill Council relaxes with a drink by a swimming pool in Bermuda, November 1969. #554350531
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SUNBATHING IN BARBADOS
LILLIAN CRAWFORD
The former Pauline Haywood sunbathing on a lilo in a swimming pool designed by English artist Oliver Messel, Barbados, April 1976. Her family owned Haywood’s Plantation. #104050962
Lillian Crawford, the wife of actor Lee Kinsolving, in Palm Beach, May 1970. #74155619
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HAVING A TOPPING TIME
ALICE TOPPING
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing at a poolside in Palm Beach, 1959. #3089307
Socialite Alice Topping by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. #674384325
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SUNDOWNERS
TOP UP?
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes #2716662_8
Swimsuited revellers enjoy a glass of wine outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, 1957. #3097297
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CZ BY THE POOL
USA TRIANON
American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka CZ Guest, 1920 - 2003) perches on the edge of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. #3230581
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 at Versailles: circa 1960. #3088541
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DONNA FABRIZIA LANZA DI MAZZARINO
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Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino at the Villa Tasca, Sicily, Italy, 1984. #674383111
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PEGGY GUGGENHEIM
NO TRANSPORT PROBLEMS
Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) in the Palazzo Venier Dei Leoni, Venice. The palace houses her private art collection, including Picasso’s ‘On the Beach’, pictured to the left, September 1978. #3248987
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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SOCIETY ARTIST
LORD OF ALL I SURVEY
Tish Massie Widener (Mrs Peter Widener) artist and miniaturist in her Palm Beach studio, circa 1960. #3094988
The youngest peer in England, seven year old Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron and 10th Baronet Hesketh with his pony ‘Blossom’ by the lake in the magnificent grounds of his ancestral home, Easton Neston House in Northamptonshire, 1957. #3138049
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LOOK NO SHOES !
PORT LIFE
Mrs A Atwater Kent Jnr dressed in a simple shift dress is crossing the road barefoot in the rain, 1964. #3089665
A man stops to watch a young woman tie her sandals on the pavement in Portofino marina, August 1977. #56454501
PALM BEACH IDYLL A couple sunbathing by the sea at Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. #1158180847
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BIKINI SOCIETY
POOLSIDE SECRETS
From l to r; Christina Chambonne, Elinor Hill, Clare Davidson, Suzy Naggia, Carole Page gossiping by a swimming pool in Acapulco, February 1972. #3163513
Flo Smith (left) and Lily Pulitzer at a pool party, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1961. #77442804
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SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
POUSADA DOS BUZIOS
Horseback riding at the Rawlins Plantation inn, Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, March 1984. #670809727
Friends by the pool at Pousada Dos Buzios in Brazil, August 1975. Left is student Fabian Crespo, lying on the cushions (without the hat) is Tania Louise, the man with just his head out of the water is restauranteur Stefano Monti. #77442663
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PENTHOUSE POOL Young women by the Canellopoulos penthouse pool, Athens, July 1961. #77440243_8
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C.Z. AND GUEST American socialite Mrs. Winston F. C. Guest (aka C. Z. Guest, 1920 - 2003) poses with Joanne Connolly (right) beside the Grecian temple pool of her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1955. They are both wearing pale pink sun dresses. #56686582
FUNK IN TUSCANY
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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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CARACALLA THERME
SNORKELLING
A woman by the pool on the roof of the Loews Hotel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1975. #84107327
Two young women going snorkelling, 1954. #3436586
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MUSTIQUE TRANQUILITY
YACHTING TRIP
Meg O’Neill, a writer for Town and Country magazine, relaxing by the infinity pool at Colin Tennant’s home on the West Indies island of Mustique, February 1989. #77442640
Selvaggia Borromeo wades ashore from her yacht during a holiday on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, August 1967. #56442297_8
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SUNBATHING IN ARIZONA A woman sunbathing nude by Tom Darlington’s pool in Carefree, Arizona, April 1967. #77442852
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POOL AND PARASOL
CELEBRITY CRUISE
Denise Hanley poses with a parasol by the swimming pool at the home of Margo Lykes Holder, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1982. #51428823
British comedian Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) holidays with Princess Margaret (1930 - 2002, right) on the Aga Khan’s yacht on the Costa Smeralda. Circa 1963. #3438341
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OLIMPIA HRUSKA
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2
Swedish model Olimpia Hruska, wearing a bikini, poses against a rock on the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, Italy, 1964. #745208851
Mrs. George ( Daphne) Cameron sit on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of laddie Sandord’s Palm Beach house, 1959. #51246663
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
DOLORES GUINNESS
Mrs. George ( Daphne) Cameron sit on a tiger pelt in the trophy room of laddie Sandord’s Palm Beach house, 1959. #2716791
Dolores Guinness catches the sun’s last rays in Costa Smerelda, Sardinia, 1965. #3165414
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BARBADOS BLISS
FRANCINE BRANDT
Ava Marshall relaxes with a book amongst the bougainvillaea in Barbados, April 1976. #52200184
Francine Brandt by a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, January 1961. #1158180857
HARBOUR ISLAND, BAHAMAS A couple relax at the beach on Harbour Island, Bahamas, 1967. #745210175
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CATHERINE WILKIE
SUNBATHING ON CAPRI
Catherine Wilke joins the topless sunbathers on the island of Capri, 1980. #2716606
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
EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
IN VOGUE
A man contemplates the sunbathers by a swimming pool at the Hotel Punta Tragara on the island of Capri, Italy, August 1974. #453081605
Vogue magazine editor Topsy Taylor, a visitor to Acapulco, circa 1966. #52171005
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MARISA BERENSON
SUN WORSHIP
American actress Marisa Berenson sunbathing in Capri, 1968. #53403692
Bianca Volpato sunning herself at Capri in a lilac coloured bikini. #2694767
SUNBATHING IN BURGENSTOCK Lilian Hanson sunbathing by a pool at the Bürgenstock Resort in Canton Nidwalden, Switzerland, 1955. #1158180877
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SAINT-TROPEZ BOUCHERIE
CAFE IN MONTE CARLO
A boucherie or butcher’s shop on Rue des Commercants in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. #102061239
Diners on a cafe terrace in Monte Carlo, Monaco, August 1975. #77445996
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VUCCINO AND RAVA 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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C. Z. GUEST
POOLSIDE IN KENYA
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
A woman sits at the edge of a swimming pool in Kenya, December 1958. #968906500
FINDING A SPOT
VISCOUNTESS ISABELLE
A sunbather at the seaside-style pool of Jacques Couelle’s home ‘Monte Mano’, on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, August 1973. #77440278
The Viscountess Isabelle on board a yacht in the harbour at Monte Carlo, 1981. #53397634
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MEGACHESS A giant game of chess in Saint Lucia, in the Lesser Antilles, February 1993. #84113314
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LIDO LIFE
MINNIE CUSHING
A waiter serves fruit to bathers, including socialite, Louisa del Musso (kneeling), at
American society girl Minnie Cushing carries her surfboard under her arm,
the Lido in Venice, Italy, 1957. #745210113
September 1965. #51196662
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HIBISCUS FLOWERS
ESTHER WILLIAMS
A woman surrounded by red hibiscus flowers in a swimming pool in Acapulco, Mexico, circa 1960. #669617899
American swimmer and actress Esther Williams (1921 - 2013) lounging on a trampoline, circa 1956. #674383637
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TANIA MALLET
NICE POOL
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’, 1961. #3165240
American writer C.Z. Guest (Mrs F.C. Winston Guest 1920- 2003) and her son Alexande Michael Douglas Dudley Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool on the ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach. #2716665_8
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SAINT-TROPEZ SWIMMER
LEISURE IN ANTIBES
A topless swimmer in Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera, August 1971. #102061371
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
BUZIOS Holidaymakers in Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil, January 1983. #596331487
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CANNES CANNES GIRLS
MARIETINE BIRNIE
Two bikini-clad holidaymakers posing outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, in the south of France, 1958. #674382243
Marietine Birnie snorkeling at the Blue Lagoon, Kemmuna (Comina), Malta, July 1959. #968906452
DIMITRIS KRITSAS
MONOCLED MISS
Greek fashion designer Dimitris Kritsas poses with four models against a backdrop of the ancient Doric temple to Poseidon at Sounion, July 1967. #50981682
Renata Boeck enjoying breakfast in bed at the Regency Hotel in New York, 1964. #3163556
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PALM BEACH PASTELS
BETTINA GRAZIANI
Socialite Alice Topping relaxing by a swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1959. #605353355
Bettina Graziani relaxes in a hammock on the Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, 1964. #53438482
LAKE TAHOE LADIES A group of young women in their bathing suits on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, 1959. #89370172
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SAN VICENZO
MAN’S WORK
Donna Stefanella Vanni Calvello di San Vicenzo in the Hall of Mirrors at her family’s palazzo in Palermo, Sicily. The focal point of Sicilian Belle-Epoque society, this eighteenth-century palazzo has been compared with Versailles, 1984. #51246706
Working at his typewriter surrounded by ‘bunny girls’, publisher Hugh M Hefner at the Playboy Key Club in Chicago. He founded adult magazines, Playboy, VIp and Oui. #2716752
TIGER MORSE
MUFFY BANCROFT
Tiger Morse in feathered mask sits in the ‘A la Carte’ shop, New York, July 1964. #3065083
Mrs Thomas Bancroft Jnr (Peggy Bancroft) in the foyer of her Manhattan duplex, circa 1958. #3122629
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ESTHER WILLIAMS
MARA LANE AT THE SANDS
Esther Williams, American aquatic actress and former swimming champion, relaxing in a Florida swimming pool. #2665174
Austrian actress Mara Lane lounging by the pool in a red and white striped bathing costume at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954. #77442769
URSULA ANDRESS Swiss film star Ursula Andress (left) relaxes with artist Novella Parigini in a hammock in Rome., 1955. #3163579
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HELLO THERE
MELINA MERCOURI
Film star Diana Dors (Diana Fluck) (1931 - 1984) in blonde bombshell pose on a satin covered bed, 1955. #3138045
Greek actress Melina Mercouri (1925 - 1994) sitting at a street cafe in Athens, 1961. #3165250
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BOND GIRL TO BE
FAN MAIL
Sultry sex symbol, film star Ursula Andress takes a siesta in a hammock on a visit to Rome, 1955. #3436281
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962), wearing a red negligee trimmed with black lace, sorts out her fan mail shortly after her film ‘The Asphalt Jungle’ had been released. #2716724
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Florida Sun, sand, palm trees, swimming pools and summer parties are all found in the Slim Aarons Florida collection. From the colourful umbrellas along Fort Lauderdale Beach to the lavish ocean-front estates in Palm Beach, this collection contains some of Slim Aarons first aerial images over Miami Beach and Boco Raton on Florida’s southeast coast.
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NEO-CLASSICAL POOL Mrs T. Dennie Boardman and her children Samuel Jay and Sarah climbing the steps from the pool at the home of Boardmans parents in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. #51428805
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Mr and Mrs Guillermo Aguilera at Palm Beach, 1970. #3163562
ARTS FESTIVAL
SOFA BY THE POOL
The Palm Beach Arts Festival Procession, Florida, 1964. #56929790
On sofa, left to right: Melita Franzheim, Pamela, Mrs. Whitney Tower Jr, and Barbara Franzheim Dror by the pool at Franzheim Dror’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, 1984. #77442764
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THE FULLERS
ALL MINE
Alvin and Lilly Fuller outside their new home in Palm Beach, Florida, pose with their fashionable European sports car, the Mercedes 190SL, May 1970. #3239994
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
CZ’S HOUSE
POSING BY THE POOL
Mrs F C Winston Guest (1920 - 2003) (aka Cee Zee Guest) reclines on a garden chair in front of the Grecian temple pool on her ocean-front estate, Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, Florida: circa 1955. #3230605
A swimming pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1968. #605352287
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A swimming pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. #77442798
PULITZER FASHIONS
POOLSIDE PROMENADE
The young matrons of Palm Beach wearing designs by Lilly Pulitzer. Wendy Vanderbilt (sitting) is wearing a yellow dress and pink headscarf, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 1964. #51246655
A fashion show at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, 1961. #605352843
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LAKE WORTH
PALM BEACH STREET
A vibrant purple twilight sky over the Lake Worth inlet, Palm Beach, Florida, 1955. #51596545
Cars parked on a tree-lined street in Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1953. #51819029
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PALM PEACH PAGODA
FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH
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
An aerial view of a beach resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 1970. #113915620
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MOLLY WILMOT’S POOL Guests relaxing around the pool at the home of Molly Wilmot, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1982. #51428834
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POOLSIDE LUNCHEON
POOL AT FOUR WINDS
Guests enjoying luncheon in a marquee by the pool at Mrs Reed Albee’s house, Palm Beach, Florida, April 1968. #53352654_8
Bathers around the pool at ‘Four Winds’, the home of J. Patrick Lannan, in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1968. #77442815
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BOCA RATON
FLORIDA PALMS
A swimming pool in Boca Raton, Florida, USA, circa 1978. #605351897
A view of palm trees at a beach resort in Boca Raton, Florida, April 1978. #113915532
PALM BEACH VILLA
POLO PARTY
Joe and Denise Hrudka relax with friends by the pool in Palm Beach, Florida, 1984. #605353063
Paul Butler, patriarch of one of America’s foremost polo families, with his son, daughter, grandchildren and son-in-law, Palm Beach. Left to right: Adam Butler, Reutie Butler Shober, Jorie and Michael Butler Kent, Paul Butler and Geoffrey Kent, April 1981. #74098567
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POOLSIDE CHEZ HOLDER Guests by the pool at Albin Holder’s home in Palm Beach, Florida, May 1970. #77442826
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AERIAL MIAMI
ARRIVING IN STYLE
A helicopter carrying tourists hovers over the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, Florida, April 1972. #56419542
Mike Phipps arriving for lunch at the Guinness house in Manalapan, Palm Beach: circa 1960. #3089639
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POOL IN PALM BEACH
PAGODA POOLHOUSE
Bathers in and around the pool at Mrs. Murray Goodman’s house in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1985. #77442781
Albin and Margo Lykes Holder (right), with friends by the swimming pool at their home in Palm Beach, Florida, 1985. Behind them is a chinese pagoda poolhouse designed by John Volk. #51428826
DONALD LEAS
GARDEN PARTY
Mr and Mrs Donald Leas with their Rolls Royce and two pet dogs outside The Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida, April 1968. #3203127
An elegant garden party in Miami, Florida, 1970. #3165254_8
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California If it’s poolside luncheons in Santa Barbara, surfers at Laguna Beach, lounging by the pool with Alice Topping or spending sunny Sundays at the Palm Beach Tennis Club, the Slim Aarons California collection showcases all the fun in the sun had by the high society.
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American writer Truman Capote’s house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. #74319209
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RELAXING AT LAKE TAHOE
POOL AT LAKE TAHOE
A group of people relaxing by a pool near Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. #77442752
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959. #77442754
POOLSIDE DRINKS
EARLY RIDERS
Guests around the pool at Dorothy Laughlin’s Santa Barbara home, May 1975. #3165339
Former mayor Frank Bogert leads an an early-morning ride through Andreas Canyon in Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. #3088794_8
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PALM SPRINGS RIDERS
LAGUNA BEACH
A group of riders among Washingtonia palms in Andreas Canyon, Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. #52021108
Surfers outside a beach hut in Laguna Beach, California, January 1970. #89440730
SCRABBLE IN PALM SPRINGS A group of people playing a game of Scrabble, Palm Springs, southern California, January 1970. #52021099
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SWIMMER AND SUNBATHER An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva resort and casino straddles the border between Nevada and California and the line on the bottom of the pool marks the state boundary. It was owned by Frank Sinatra from 1960 to 1968. #77442701
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RELAXING AT THE CLUB Members sunbathe around the pool at Palm Springs Tennis Club, California, circa 1970. #52021097
TRUMAN CAPOTE Author of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, Truman Capote (1924 - 1984) and his dog in Palm Springs, California, 1970. #3163505
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PEBBLE BEACH
STATE LINE
Riders from the Pebble Beach Equestrian Centre wend their way through the Californian sand dunes and pampas grass, November 1976. #53069897_8
A swimming pool at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva Lodge straddles the border between Nevada and California and the line on the bottom of the pool marks the state boundary. The resort and casino was owned by Frank Sinatra from 1960 to 1968. #605351893
SCONE MADAM?
PALM SPRINGS TENNIS CLUB
Afternoon tea round the pool on a cold day at the home of interior decorator James Pendleton in Beverly Hills, Circa 1960. #3088770_8
Members sunbathe around the pool at Palm Springs Tennis Club, California, circa 1970. #52021095
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Speed Week Run each year between 1954 and 1966, the Bahamas Speed Week was an annual motor racing meeting held at Nassau, which provided the perfect excuse to drive fast cars and throw parties in paradise. Slim Aarons descended on Nassau in 1963 to capture the greats such as Stirling Moss, Pedro Rodriguez, Gordon Butler and Carroll Shelby.
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Gordon Butler’s Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray at the Bahamas Speed Week at the Oakes Course, Nassau, December 1963. #596326925
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MONACO GRAND PRIX
Competitors in an assortment of vehicles at the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. #52433014_8
British racing driver James Hunt (1947 - 1993) on the grid at the Monaco Grand Prix, 22nd May 1977. #79750345
BAHAMAS SPEED WEEK
CHECKERED FLAG
The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. #596331873
The checkered flag signals the end of the race during the 1963 Nassau Speed Week. #52432973
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Snow The Slim Aarons Snow Collection offers a glimpse into the world of the Beautiful People at play in the snow, on holiday from Aspen to Gstaad. This collection takes us on a journey to the exclusive snowy sloped playgrounds of the high society where all the cares of the world are forgotten, and it is time to relax and have fun.
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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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SKIING IN GSTAAD
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. #2669202
L-R; Christine Camerana, Caroline Stoop, and Christine Semenenko Warrender prepare for a day on the slopes in Gstaad, Switzerland, February 1977. #768515999
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ON THE SLOPES OF SUGARBUSH
WINTER WEAR
Two skiers inspecting their skis on the slopes of the Sugarbush Mountain ski resort in Warren, Vermont, United States, April 1960. #1140157647
Manuela Boraomanero (left) and Emanuela Beghelli holiday in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, March 1976. #56929923
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The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, 1961. #52043555
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WINTER IN GSTAAD
WINTER SUNTANS
Ski slopes and chalets seen from the Gstaad Palace hotel resort, Switzerland, February 1992. #76072043
Young women enjoy a relaxing sunbathe in snowy Gstaad. #2669202
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Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, April 1960. #95738209
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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
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SKIING IN VAIL 4
SLOPES & TRAILS
A woman carrying skis and ski poles in Vail, Colorado, 1964. #745208845
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, 1955. #1158180852
KLOSTERS Skiers pass by the Hotel Chesa Grischuna in Klosters, 1963. #52043564
SKIING IN VAIL 5 A group of skiers standing next to snow covered trees in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745209097
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SKIING IN STOWE
SKIING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
A young woman waiting to go on a ski run in Stowe, Vermont, USA,1962. #1158180855
Skiers at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, USA, circa 1955. #1158180797
SKIING IN VERMONT Skiers on the slopes at the Sugarbush Resort, Vermont, USA, March 1963. #95738212
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EAGLE CLUB
The apres-ski in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 1968. #113911890
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club, Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1969. #113912013
SKIERS AT VERBIER
VERBIER SKIERS
Skiers relax in deckchairs on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland, 1964. #3438589
Skiers at Verbier, 1964. #52043588_8
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LECH ICE BAR III
Skiers admire the view across a valley of clouds at Verbier, 1964. #52043552
The Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. The mountain in the background is the Omershorn. #113911979
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Guests lounging by the indoor swimming pool of the Gasthof Post in Lech, Austria, February 1979. #77442712
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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
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
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO
The Seekirchl in Seefeld, Austria, February 1985. #76089067
A chairlift up the mountain in Cortina d’Ampezzo, February 1962. #56454438
GSTAAD
ICE BAR IN LECH
A helicopter arrives at a mountaintop resort in Gstaad, 1961. #52043575
Customers at the Ice Bar at the Hotel Krone in Lech, Austria, 1960. #135464432
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SNOW ROUND THE POOL
VERBIER VACATION
Bathers having a winter dip in a pool at Vail, Colorado, March 1964. #77442897
Holiday-makers take the sun on a mountain top in Verbier, 1964. #52043433
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COURCHEVEL
DRINKS AT GSTAAD
A ski resort in Courchevel in the French Alps, circa 1970. #607002547
Models from Parisian jeweller M. Gerard enjoying drinks on the terrace of The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland, 1984. #76088186
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LOUNGING IN GSTAAD Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. #113912077
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SKIING AT ST. MORITZ
CURLING AT ST. MORITZ
Skiers on a slope in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1978. #135360142
Curlers on a rink, or curling sheet, in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. #135360210
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CROSSING SNOW FIELD
SKIING IN VAIL 2
A line of sleighs crossing a snow field at St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. #135360145
Skiers pass by a snow covered tree in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745210705
SKIING IN VAIL 1
DINING AT THE EAGLE CLUB
A group of skiers stand in line waiting for the ski lift in Vail, Colorado, USA, 1964. #745210699
Holidaymakers dining at the Eagle Club in the ski resort of Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969. #1158180862
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CAPED SKIERS
RELAXING IN LECH
Led by skimaster Stein Eriksen, skiers ‘sail’ down a slope at Snowmass-at-Aspen, Colorado, circa 1967. The skiers are wearing thin capes which attach to their wrists and billow out like sails as they ski. #52171055
A group of people sitting in the sun at the Gasthof Post hotel in the Austrian ski resort of Lech, 1960. #102822715
SKIERS AT GSTAAD
NORTH CONWAY SLEIGH
Skiers at Gstaad, Switzerland, 1969. #113912019
An open sleigh taking skiers to Cranmore Mountain, New Hampshire, USA, 1955. #51246662
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LOUNGING IN VERBIER
SUGARBUSH SKIING
Holidaymakers in sun loungers on the slopes at Verbier, Switzerland, February 1964. #113912017
Skiing at Sugarbush, a mountain resort in Vermont, April 1960. #84941440
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SKIERS IN ST. MORITZ
DINING IN GSTAAD
Skiers in St Moritz, Switzerland, March 1963. #135360209
Holidaymakers at a ski lodge at Gstaad, Switzerland, March 1961. #113912100
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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 troubles 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
Once Upon A Time - by Slim Aarons
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 surroundings 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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