Baron Inchiquin
Slim Aarons · 1960
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About this work
Baron Inchiquin, Dromoland circa 1960
In the middle of a lawn a man in a tweed suit with knee breeches, stockings and a bow tie sits on a carved wooden chair, a walking stick in his hand. To his left and right two dogs lie in the grass, one reddish-brown and one gray. Behind him rises a castle with battlements and a round tower; two cars are parked at the entrance.
Donough Edward Foster O'Brien, the 16th Baron Inchiquin, was photographed around 1960 at Dromoland in Ireland. The composition is strictly symmetrical: the baron in the middle, a dog on each side, the castle as a backdrop. It is a formal portrait in the open air, and the chair carried outside turns the lawn into a reception room. The two dogs, lying idle, add just enough ceremony.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Ireland
- Year
- 1960
- Reference
- 51246709
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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