birth_date: 1916-10-29 00:00:00
avg_rating: 4.43
name: Slim Aarons
about: Slim, one of the most influential photographers of his generation, started during World War II when 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 &amp; Country, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Travel &amp; Leisure, Look, and Life. Many of the pictures in this book were originally commissioned by the legendary Frank Zachary who for many years was editor-in-chief of Holiday and then Town &amp; Country. In 1997, Getty Images signed on to represent the Slim Aarons collection and now serves as the primary curator of his work.His editor and longtime friend Mr. Zachary wrote in his introduction to the book: “Slim has documen Slim, one of the most influential photographers of his generation, started during World War II when 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 &amp; Country, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Travel &amp; Leisure, Look, and Life. Many of the pictures in this book were originally commissioned by the legendary Frank Zachary who for many years was editor-in-chief of Holiday and then Town &amp; Country. In 1997, Getty Images signed on to represent the Slim Aarons collection and now serves as the primary curator of his work.His editor and longtime friend Mr. Zachary wrote in his introduction to the book: “Slim has documented the life of the rich, the privileged, and the leisured for fifty years. Without animus or adulation, he has mirrored the changing countenance of society—face lifts and all. His sustained focus on this historically inaccessible segment of society is without parallel in the annals of photography and possibly even literature . . . Slim’s achievement stands alone. It is the only visual chronicle (and in living color, too) of the privileged class in our time ..." ...more
death_date: 2006-05-29 00:00:00