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At 18 years old, Aarons enlisted in the U.S. Army, worked as a photographer at West Point, and later served as a combat photographer in World War II and earned a Purple Heart. Aarons said combat had taught him the only beach worth landing on was "decorated with beautiful, seminude girls tanning in a tranquil sun."
After the war, Aarons moved to California and began photographing celebrities. In California, he shot his most praised photo, Kings of Hollywood, a 1957 New's Year's Eve photograph depicting Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, and James Stewart relaxing at a bar in full formal wear. Aaron's work appeared in Life, Town & Country, and Holiday magazines.
Aarons never used a stylist, or a makeup artist. He made his career out of what he called "photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places."
An oft-cited example of this approach is his 1970 Poolside Gossip shot at Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House, with owner Nelda Linsk as one of the models in the photo.
"I knew everyone," he said in an interview with The (London) Independent in 2002. "They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn't hurt them. I was one of them." Alfred Hitchcock's film, Rear Window (1954), whose main character is a photographer played by Jimmy Stewart, is set in an apartment reputed to be based on Aarons' apartment.
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Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch
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Dining At The Eagle Club - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 61 x 50.8 cm Photography - 24 x 20 inch
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Hotel On Lake Como 1983 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
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Oberon’s Lunch - 1966 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Verbier Vacation 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
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Ice Bar - Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
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Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
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Photography - 101 x 101 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 39.8 x 0 inch
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Abaco Islander 1986 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
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Capucine 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 76.2 x 50.8 cm Photography - 30 x 20 inch
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No Transport Problems Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Skiing Holiday Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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All Mine Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Bettina Graziani 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Esther Williams Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
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CZ’s House 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
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Monocled Miss 1964 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Hello There Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
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Merle Oberon, 1958 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
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Gloria Schiff, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
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Colin Tennant, 1973 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch
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Britt Ekland, 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
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David Bailey, 1963 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
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Peggy Guggenheim,1978 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$4,036