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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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Dining At The Eagle Club - 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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California Garden Party' 1975 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,852
Cranmore Mountain Skiers
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Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
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Dining At The Eagle Club - 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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Pool By The Sea 1969 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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Alpine Skiing 1964 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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Belvedere Pool 1984 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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Beverly Hills Hotel 1957 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Black Pearl Trippers 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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Boating In Antigua 1961 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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Cortina d’Ampezzo 1982 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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Curling 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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El Dorado Beach 1959 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 50.8 x 50.8 cm Photography - 20 x 20 inch
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Eton-Harrow Match Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Apres Ski 1961 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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Lucky For Some Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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NY Lights 1953 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1970 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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Family Pool 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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Fishing Boats 1952 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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Freeport Yachts 1969 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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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc 1976 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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Hotel Taormina Pool 1975 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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Ice Bar In Lech 1960 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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Culinary Heights, 1987 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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Dapper Cricketers, 1957 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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Dal Lake, 1961 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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Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc, 1969 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,940
Henley Regatta, 1955 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 76.2 x 101.6 cm Photography - 30 x 40 inch
$3,341
Comte de Pairs, 1956 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
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French Leave Hotel, 1960 Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Photography - 40 x 40 inch
$3,940
Charter Ketch, 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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Cavallo Coast, Slim Aarons Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print
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Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 cm Photography - 40 x 60 inch
$3,940
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