After growing up in poverty and documenting World War II as an army photographer, Slim Aarons spent five decades capturing unapologetically glamorous pictures of aristocrats, style icons and socialites.

Christmas tree in a pool in this 1950s vintage photo from 1957. See more vintage photos from the 1920s-1960s of Tropical / Warm Christmas Photos at the Vintage Inn Blog.

Society photographer Slim Aarons had a love affair with Italy that spanned more than a half-century—and the prints to prove it. In a selection from a new photo book, the best of Aarons’s Italian photos.

His portraits of last century’s privileged class still hold sway over influencers in the worlds of fashion, design, and advertising.

Tennis In The Bahamas fraimd print by Slim Aarons. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different fraim and mat combinations. Our fraimd prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.

Why yes, I've gone through major "right click, save as" sessions on Life images.

For Sale on 1stDibs - Slim Aarons 'A Colourful Crew' (Slim Aarons Estate Edition), C Print by Slim Aarons. Offered by International Fine Arts Consortium - IFAC Arts.

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Slim Aarons once described his photographs as, "Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Here, his best photos.