Monaco Grand Prix
Slim Aarons · 1977
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About this work
Monaco Grand Prix, May 1977
On a stand draped in red velvet, a man in a dark blue suit hands a silver cup to a racing driver with a laurel wreath around his neck. At left a woman in a pale yellow coat and matching hat applauds, with more guests clapping behind her. In the foreground photographers and camera operators press against the barrier; at right a microphone boom reaches into the frame.
After winning the Monaco Grand Prix on May 22, 1977, the South African driver Jody Scheckter received the trophy from Prince Rainier III while princesses Stephanie, Caroline and Grace applauded. Aarons photographs from behind the press: the backs and cameras along the bottom belong to the image. So you see two sides of the same moment, the ceremony above and the crush beneath.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- Monaco
- Year
- 1977
- Reference
- 53397603
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
