Dining In Sicily
Slim Aarons · 1984
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About this work
Dining In Sicily, Sicily 1984
In a courtyard of gray natural stone stands a long table with a white tablecloth, crowded with platters: grapes, watermelon, olives, bread, cheese and a row of green wine bottles. Behind it stand seven people, most with a glass in hand; an eighth, an older woman in a blue scarf, sits at the end. Behind them a farmhouse with a tiled roof, blue doors and a vine on the wall.
Count Giuseppe d'Almerita dined with guests in Sicily in October 1984, according to the caption; which of the people present is the count, it does not say. The image works like a harvest feast presenting itself as a group portrait. Apart from one woman, everyone stands behind the table, so the food forms the front row. The laid table is therefore no side detail but the actual subject, with the guests as a frame around it.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Italy
- Year
- 1984
- Reference
- 155762803
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
