Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
Slim Aarons · 1960
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About this work
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell, 1960
A woman with her hair up stands on a lawn in a dress with a white sleeveless bodice, a bow at the hip and a full dark skirt, and looks over her shoulder into the lens. Behind her a formal garden with low hedges and flower beds, and above it a row of tall palms and dark conifers against a pale sky. Black and white.
Model Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward in a dinner dress by Gustave Tassell in Beverly Hills, 1960, the caption says: the bodice of white silk faille, the skirt of apple green peau d'ange — a dark tone in black and white. The caption names no photographer; in the shop this is a Slim Aarons work. The photographer places her at the bottom, so the garden and the palms enclose her like a frame; the bow is the only detail.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Year
- 1960
- Country
- USA
- Area
- California
- City
- Beverly Hills
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Reference
- 1324733350
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
