George Allen "Slim" Aarons (October 29, 1916 - May 30, 2006) is an American photographer known for filming the "beautiful life" of high society , social figures, movie stars, and other celebrities.
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| George Allen 'Slim' Aarons | |
| Birth name | George Allen Aarons |
| Date of Birth | October 29, 1916 |
| Place of Birth | New York , USA |
| Date of death | May 30, 2006 (89 years) |
| Place of death | Montrose , NY USA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Occupation | photographer |
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 | Slim Aarons on the set of the film “ Mr. Roberts ” (Hawaii, 1954) |
Content
Biography
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| Graffiti on the Reich Chancellery - English. Chancellery Graffiti (Berlin, 1945) | |
Slim Aarons was born in New York in 1916 . At the age of 18, he joined the US Army , photographed for the military academy of West Point, and later participated as a military photographer in World War II (awarded the Purple Heart medal). His black and white photographs of this period reflect the horrors of war and post-war devastation. Later, when he was asked to make a photo session of the landing of an American landing party in Korea , Aarons said that during the fighting he understood: the only beaches he is ready to land on are those where beautiful girls are sunbathing. [one]
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| Kings of Hollywood - English Kings of Hollywood (Beverly Hills, 1957) | |
Having demobilized, Slim Aarons moved to California and began photographing celebrities. Here in 1957, he made one of his most famous shots, Kings of Hollywood ( English Kings of Hollywood ), in which the elegantly dressed actors Clark Gable , Van Heflin , Gary Cooper and James Stewart rest at a party at the Romanoff's restaurant. Aarons' work has been published in Life , Town & Country and Holiday magazines. [one]
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| One of the photographs, commissioned by Alfred Hitchcock during the preparation of nature for the film "The window into the yard" (New York, 1954) | |
Some Hollywood celebrities became his friends: in the 1954 film Window to the Yard , directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the main character is a photographer and lives in an apartment whose interior repeats the furnishings of Aarons' apartment. [2]
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| Gossip by the pool - English. Poolside Gossip (Palm Springs, 1970) | |
Slim Aarons did not use the services of stylists or make-up artists. His creative credo was to “photograph attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places . ” [1] [3] A typical example of such an approach is a picture taken in 1970 of Gossip by the Pool ( English Poolside Gossip ) [4] , depicting rich secular ladies near the house of authorship of the famous architect Richard Neutra . [5] In an interview, Aarons said:
I knew everyone. They invited me to their parties, because they knew that I would not harm them. I was one of them.
Original Text (Eng.)I knew everyone. I don’t hurt them. I was one of them.- The Independent , 2002 [6]
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| Lucky Luciano (center) and Slim Aarons (far right) in Sicily (Italy, 1948) | |
Gangster Charles Luciano, nicknamed “Lucky” (“Lucky”) - one of the “ bosses ” of Italian-American organized crime , stood out sharply from the total number of “glamorous” characters that were photographed by Slim Aarons. Aarons followed him everywhere, including to Italy , and took many pictures of the “godfather”.
Slim Aarons died in 2006 in Montrose, New York, and was buried in Cambridge, Massachusetts . [1] [7]
In 1997, Mark Getty, one of the founders of Getty Images , bought the entire archive of the photographer. [8] Director Fritz Mitchell shot the documentary Slim Aarons: The High Life (2017). [9]
Literature
- Aarons, Slim. A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait Of A Good Life. - Harper and Row, 1974. - ISBN 978-0060100162 .
- Aarons, Slim. Once Upon A Time. - Harry N. Abrams, 2003. - ISBN 978-0810946033 .
- Aarons, Slim. A Place in the Sun / Slim Aarons, Christopher Sweet. - Harry N. Abrams, 2005. - ISBN 978-0810959354 .
- Aarons, Slim. Poolside With Slim Aarons. - Harry N. Abrams, 2007. - ISBN 978-0810994072 .
- Aarons, Slim. La Dolce Vita / Slim Aarons, Christopher Sweet. - Harry N. Abrams, 2012. - ISBN 978-1419700606 .
- Aarons, Slim. Women. - Harry N. Abrams, 2016. - ISBN 978-1419722424 .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Martin, Douglas . Slim Aarons, 89, Dies; Photographed Celebrities at Play (June 1, 2006), S. A23.
- ↑ Koetzle, Hans-Michael. Photographers AZ. - Cologne : Taschen, 2011. - P. 6. - ISBN 978-3836511094 .
- ↑ MacDonell, Nancy. In The Know How To Be Cultured And Cool. - Penguin Books , 2007. - ISBN 0143112600 .
- ↑ Aarons, Slim. Poolside With Slim Aarons. - Harry N. Abrams, 2007. - ISBN 978-0810994072 .
- ↑ Friedman, Alice T. American Glamor and the Evolution of Modern Architecture. - Yale University Press , 2010. - ISBN 978-0300116540 .
- ↑ Walker, Tonya. Rich, Attractive People In Attractive Places Doing Attractive Things (eng.) : Journal. - Virginia Commonwealth University , 2008.
- ↑ Aarons, Slim (English) on the Find a Grave website
- Ret Peretz, Evgenia . The Hive . The date of appeal is November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Rathe, Adam. An Exclusive Aarons Documentary (English) // Town & Country : magazine. - 2017. - 15 May. - ISSN 0040-9952 .
Links
- Slim Aarons on Getty Images
- Slim Aarons on the Getty Images Gallery website
- Slim Aarons on the International Fine Arts Consortium website
- Slim Aarons on Staley-Wise Gallery
- Slim Aarons on Artnet
- A Wonderful Time with Slim Aarons - New York Social Diary