Slim aaron

Slim Aarons once described his photographs as, "Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." Here, his best photos.

Slim Aarons. A WONDERFUL TIME; AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF THE GOOD LIFE. Harper & Row, NY, 1974. (ISBN: 0060100168) Current Selling Prices $350-$650 /£250-£450 PHOTOGRAPHY Large book (13 by 10 inches) - likely to be found on the white shelves of Long Island summer mansions and on glass coffee tables in the NY apartments of fashionistas, name droppers, decorators and photobook collectors. Aarons served as a combat photographer in World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart; friend of the famous…

Oh how we wish we could live in Slim Aarons' world of opulent, sun-bathing jet-setters. Starting in California in the 1950s, Aarons captured the lavish lifestyles of the beautiful young things frolicking in the world's most stunning locales. Decades later, his iconic images make us long for lazy summer days by the pool, bikinis, martinis and Brigitte Bardot.

The late, great photographer described the aesthetic from his most prolific period as "attractive people doing attractive things."

Ladies by the pool at the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs, California, January 1970. From right to left, former fashion model Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur , unknown, Nelda Linsk , wife of art dealer...

The Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, 1963. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Note this image is available as an Open Edition or Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print (edition size 1/150). A group of colourfully dressed holidaymakers on a yacht, Bermuda, June 1970. (Photo by Slim Aarons)

Slim Aarons: Style celebrates the photography of an artist who provided a window into the world of the beautiful and the elite, aiming his camera at the luxurious lifestyles of models, trendsetters, designers and the wealthy

In 1865, Hippolyte de Villemessant, the publisher who made Le Figaro the world-famous newspaper it is today, dreamt of a haven for stressed and downtrodden writers, a warm winter retreat from chilly…