Slim Aarons: Women

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Waldron, who also works as a Getty curator, said that only 6,000 of the approximately 750,000 images have been digitized so far. His midday photos, as a consequence, can appear airy and bright; his sunset shots, luminous and golden. It could be Katy Perry lying in a pool, other than the fact that it would be a much fancier house and a much fancier tree.

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In society circles, he was very well known and accepted,” says Hawk, “It was understood that he would never let an unflattering photograph go out there. Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. GALERIE PRINTS offers premium quality photographic prints from the Slim Aarons Archive owned and housed by the Getty Images Archive in London. If you look at a beach scene or a pool scene or a party, and there’s somebody in a red bathing suit or a red sweater who has their back to you, that’s probably her—there to add color,” explains Mary.

Though he was a genuine companion to the likes of Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart, his way of life was much more modest. David Friend joined Vanity Fair as editor of creative development in 1998, after serving as Life magazine’s director of photography. With social media giving today’s jet-setters close control over how their private lives are depicted, his oeuvre offers a refreshingly candid glimpse into a past era. An oft-cited example of this approach is his 1970 Poolside Gossip [4] shot at the Kaufmann Desert House designed by Richard Neutra, with owner Nelda Linsk as one of the models in the photo.

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It fascinated me how he could court and charm these people while not being mesmerised by them,” says Laura Hawk, who worked as his assistant from the early 1980s until his death in 2006. Somehow, at some point, Slim had chosen to concoct a more dramatic origin story: the vagabond waif turned bon vivant. If he had to arrange more than a few people from on high, he favoured using a bullhorn, if available, and could never resist jovially booming to all down below, ‘This is the voice of God! Working in close partnership with the prestigious Getty Images Archive and Slim Aarons Estate, we offer officially certified prints from this beautiful collection.The collection contains more than 200 images, the majority of which have not appeared in previous books, along with detailed captions written by one of Slim's closest colleagues. The collection contains more than 200 images, the majority of which have not appeared in previous books, along with detailed captions written by one of Aarons's closest colleagues. Thereafter, he insisted—in a phrase that became his leitmotif—he’d allow himself to photograph only “attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places.