Monaco Grand Prix
Slim Aarons · 1977
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About this work
Monaco Grand Prix, May 1977
Straight from above you look into the cockpit of a red-and-white racing car. The driver sits with arms crossed, in red overalls with the belts across his chest, his face hidden behind a black helmet with a dark visor. Beneath his arms the small steering wheel, above his helmet the white air intake. To the right of the car lies gray asphalt.
British racing driver James Hunt at the Monaco Grand Prix, on May 22, 1977. Slim Aarons chose the viewpoint that tells the least about the person: no face, no gaze, just a helmet, overalls and the cockpit of the car. The picture becomes a study in red and white, in which the driver is almost a part of the machine. The crossed arms are the only human gesture.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Monaco
- Year
- 1977
- Reference
- 79750312
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
