Slim Aarons: Once Upon a Time

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This volume shows Aarons photographs of the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

Author Bio

Slim Aarons (19162006) is now acknowledged as one of the most influential photographers of his generation. During World War II he served as a combat photographer for Yank magazine in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. After the war he became a freelance photographer for many magazines including Holiday, Town & Country, Harpers Bazaar, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, Look, and Life.

Frank Zachary, legendary magazine editor, commissioned many of the photographs in this book for Holiday and Town & Country.