Slim Aarons was a well-known photographer, famous for taking pictured of celebrities, socialites and jet-setters.He earned a Purple Heart military decoration for being a combat photographer in World War II.Later, he moved to California where he began taking photos of celebrieties and ended up knowing absolutely everyone worth knowing.His most praised photo was shot in 1957 on New Year's Eve and it was entitled "Kings of Hollywood", because it was of Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, and James Stewart relaxing at a bar in full formal wear.
coast of Amfali
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d'Antibes
Palm Springs
Alice Topping in Palm Beach 1959
Dolores Guinness with son Patrick on a yacht in Sardinia,1966
Marissa Berenson
Joan Collins
Donna Fabrizia Lanza di Mazzarino in the garden of her grandparents in Palermo, 1984
Princess Bianca Hanau-Schaumburg at her Gstaad chalet, 1985
Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, and James Stewart
Lady Daphne Cameron on a tiger skin rug in the trophy room at socialite Laddie Sanford's home in Palm Beach
Marilyn Monroe
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