Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons, born George Allen Aarons (October 29, 1916 – May 29, 2006), was an American photographer noted for photographing socialites, jet-setters and celebrities.
Photography career
He was born in Manhattan. 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."[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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."[1][2] An oft-cited example of this approach is his 1970 Poolside Gossip[3] shot at Richard Neutra's Kaufman House (once the home of singer Barry Manilow), with owner Nelda Linsk as one of the models in the photo.[4] "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."[5] Alfred Hitchcock's film, Rear Window, whose main character is a photographer played by Jimmy Stewart, is set in an apartment reputed to be based on Aarons' apartment.[6]
Death
He died in 2006 in Montrose, New York, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Books
- Aarons, Slim (1974) A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life Harper and Row.
- Aarons, Slim (2003). Slim Aarons : once upon a time. H.N. Abrams/Getty Images, New York
- Aarons, Slim & Sweet, Christopher (2005). Slim Aarons : a place in the sun. Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York
- Aarons, Slim (2007). Poolside with Slim Aarons. Abrams, New York ; London
- Aarons, Slim & Sweet, Christopher (2012). Slim Aarons, la dolce vita.
References
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- Slim Aarons Jetsetter
- Photographs by Slim Aarons
- Kings of Hollywood, 1957 by Slim Aarons
- A Visit with Slim Aarons
- Reuters "Slim Aarons, photographer of Beautiful People, dies" June 1, 2006
- Headshots NYC
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- ↑ Douglas Martin 'Slim Aarons, 89, Dies; Photographed Celebrities at Play' New York Times: June 1, 2006 [1]
- ↑ MacDonell, N. (2007). In the Know: The Classic Guide to Being Cultured and Cool. Penguin.
- ↑ Aarons, Slim (2007). Poolside with Slim Aarons. Abrams, New York ; London
- ↑ See cover and comment: Friedman, Alice T. American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture. Yale University Press, 2010.
- ↑ Walker, T. (2008). Rich, Attractive People In Attractive Places Doing Attractive Things.
- ↑ Koetzle, Hans-Michael (2011). Photographers A-Z. Taschen, Cologne, p.6
- Pages with reference errors
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013
- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015
- 1916 births
- 2006 deaths
- American military personnel of World War II
- American photographers
- Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
- Commercial photographers
- People from Manhattan
- Portrait photographers
- Recipients of the Purple Heart medal
- United States Army soldiers
- Burials in Massachusetts
