Prize Trotter
Slim Aarons · 1960
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About this work
Prize Trotter, Vermont circa 1960
Beneath a large, overhanging tree a man in a light blue shirt and khaki trousers stands holding a brown horse by the halter. In front of them a Dalmatian lies curled up in the grass among fallen leaves. Beyond the fence a meadow stretches toward a red barn with a silo, with rows of trees and a white, hazy sky above.
Dunbar W. Bostwick stood around 1960 at Bostwick Farm in Shelburne, Vermont, with his trotting horse and his Dalmatian, both named Chris Spencer. The tree does the framing work here: its trunk and branches form an arch over man, horse and dog, and the red barn in the distance falls exactly into the opening. The horse, in profile, takes up the most room.
- Photographer
- Slim Aarons
- Collection
- Slim Aarons
- Country
- USA
- Year
- 1960
- Reference
- 3089156
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
