Joan Collins Relaxes, 1955, Slim Aarons

Joan Collins Relaxes

Slim Aarons · 1955

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About this work

Photographer
Slim Aarons
Collection
Slim Aarons
Year
1955
Reference
2716753

The photographer

Photographing attractive people who were doing attractive things in attractive places.
Aarons on his own work

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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