A Roman Prince
Slim Aarons · 1982
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About this work
A Roman Prince, circa 1982
Among fragments of columns and marble blocks stands a man in a gray checked suit, one hand on his hip, the other on a walking stick. He looks into the lens, smiling. Behind him a field of ruins stretches out: three free-standing columns on the right, brick walls, a bell tower and church facades on the left, under a white, clouded sky.
Prince Raimondo Orsini d'Aragona stood around 1982 in the ancient Roman Forum, in a suit by the tailor Savini-Brioni. Aarons places the man and the ruins in the same flat plane: the prince stands as upright as the three columns behind him. The suit, sharply cut and without a crease, is set against stones that have long been falling apart, and that contrast is what turns a fashion portrait into a picture about time.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Italy
- Year
- 1982
- Reference
- 3165432
The photographer
Photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places.
George Allen Aarons, born in New York, served as a military photographer in World War II and subsequently transitioned to print journalism. Whereas he previously documented the war, he deliberately chose the opposite subject: the leisure time of the rich and famous, in breathtaking settings.
His most famous photograph, The Kings of Hollywood (1957), encapsulates what he sought in all his portraits: glamour, charisma, and celebrity, captured in a relaxed manner.
Aarons won the trust of the people he photographed, thereby gaining access to some of the most intimate and candid portraits of the twentieth century. In 2007, Getty Images published the book Poolside With Slim Aarons , crowning his legacy.
- Born October 29, 1916 , New York
- Died May 29, 2006 , Montrose, NY
- Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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