Slim Aarons- Once Upon a Time

Increasingly heralded for his influence, Slim Aarons has established his place in the pantheon of great postwar photographers. It was Aarons who perfected, if not invented, the environmental portrait while photographing the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, carrying out his self-described mission: to document “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.” Sexy women in tiny bikinis and handsome men dressed for dinner, fabulous homes and boats, splendid pools and gardens are the playground of Slim Aarons’s world. You’ll find style and joy in joining them for a visit in this rapturous coffee table celebration of living well. Join the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Visit novelist Elizabeth Bowen at Bowen’s Court, her ancestral home in County Cork Ireland. Jump on a speedboat with actor George Hamilton and his beautiful friends. Pulitzer, Vanderbilt, Hearst, and Ford