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Slim Aarons Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. Slim was raised in New York and New Hampshire and began his photography career while in the Army and before long was appointed the official photographer of the United States Military Academy at West Point. When war broke out, he was sent as a combat photographer for Yank magazine and saw action from North Africa to the Middle East to Europe, witnessing the fall of Tobruk and the liberation of Rome, and he received a Purple Heart. After leaving the army, Slim became a freelance photojournalist and through his Yank connections headed for his first civilian tour of duty in Hollywood. Slim photographed the Hollywood elite – Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh to name but a few. When Life magazine opened a bureau in Rome, Slim relocated and it was in the Eternal City, destination of an international array of celebrities and aristocrats, that Slim began in earnest his lifelong project documenting the Beautiful People. Slim worked for the leading magazines of the day including Life, Holiday, Town & Country, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Travel & Leisure, traveling often to attend parties in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue, spending winters in Gstaad or Palm Beach, summers on the French or Italian riviera or all around the Caribbean. Slim was very much at ease and on familiar terms with the world’s elite and he brought to his portraits a freshness and certain élan that they greatly appreciated. As a result, Slim was welcomed into the exclusive retreats of the world’s glitterati and his imagery attains a degree of intimacy approaching that of family photos. In recent years, the influence of his work has been increasingly acknowledged and he is now regarded as one of the most influential photographers of his generation.

Actress and iconic sex symbol Marilyn Monroe rides in the back of a car with Dick Shepherd on March 30, 1955 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Ed Feingersh)

Desert Party by Slim Aarons. Lita Baron talking with a guest at a poolside party at Nelda Linsk’s desert house in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. The house was designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann. (Photo by Slim Aarons) Open Edition or Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150).

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A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dachshund dog in Piccadilly Circus, London. Original Publication: Picture Post – 2 – In The Heart of the Empire – pub. 1938 (Photo by Kurt Hutton)

Jimi Hendrix by Gered Mankowitz, The Who by David Putland and Amy Winehouse Jill Furmanovsky fine art music prints from Galerie Prints.

Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay knocks challenger Cleveland Williams to the canvas in the 3rd round of title fight in Houston’s Dome Stadium. 14th November, 1966. (Photo by Bettmann)

Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Notorious, Hitchcock, London

General view of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Art Museum , New York City, New York. 2014 (Photo by Stuart Möller)

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Cassini image of two of Saturn’s moons Dione (upper) and Tethys (lower). The planet’s rings are seen across the lower frame. Dione has a diameter of 1130 kilometres and is the densest of Saturn’s moons. Tethys has a diameter of 1060 kilometres and is composed almost entirely of pure water ice. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft was launched in 1997 to investigate Saturn, its rings and its moons. This image was taken by Cassini’s narrow-angle camera on the 22nd September 2005 at a distance of 860,000 kilometres from Dione and 1.5 million kilometres from Tehtys. (Photo by Science Photo Library)

The Taj Mahal from the river, Agra, Shepherd & Robertson, India, 1862-63 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

James Bond 007 Limited edition photographs prints Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Roger Moore, Ian Fleming, Tania Mallet

Wooden boat building in village in Mosquito Coast, Honduras, Central America, 1981. (photo ALAIN LE GARSMEUR) Note All prints are produced as either Open or Limited Edition C Type prints and are stamped & numbered on the front.

V&A Portfolio A stunning visual archive of over 200 images selected from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world’s leading museum of art, design and performance. The V&A holds around 500,000 photographic works in its collections. Galerie Prints has showcased a selection taken across fashion, architecture, theatre and performance. Uniquely produced as black and white silver gelatin and archival pigment prints, Galerie Prints’ premium quality prints are made to order using a selection of high quality paper and outstanding framing materials.

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