Andros Island
Slim Aarons · 1957
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About this work
Andros Island, Bahamas 1957
From above you look down on a wide white beach and a sea that shifts from turquoise to dark blue, with glittering sunlight all the way to the horizon. At lower left stands a red and white beach hut with a small flag; beside it a few people lie on towels and a bicycle lies in the sand. Farther on, someone sits alone and another stands at the waterline.
In 1957 a family enjoyed a quiet beach on Andros Island, Bahamas. The picture uses its space generously: the people are small and sit in one corner, while sand, surf and sea fill the rest of the square. That proportion shows what the caption means by quiet. Nobody has to fight for a spot here; the beach seems to belong to this one party.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Bahamas
- Area
- Caribbean
- Year
- 1957
- Reference
- 968906432
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
