{"id":4030,"date":"2008-12-23T10:39:54","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T17:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2021-10-01T09:23:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:23:24","slug":"featured-slim-aarons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/archives\/featured-slim-aarons\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURED: SLIM AARONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"first3words\">Slim Aaron&#8217;s photographs<\/span>, where wealthy people lounge poolside, looking effortlessly beautiful, are the definitive insiders look into the private lives of the Leisure Class of the 1950&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s. Aarons as part of the Jet-set photographed from Beverly Hills, to the French Riviera, capturing the Kennedys, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, and other elite jet-setters. Aarons worked without stylists or elaborate lighting, preferring to photograph celebrities in their own clothes and own surroundings. As a faithful chronicler of the High Society he has no equal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Hard bound first edition in dust jacket. A very nice copy bright and clean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">B<strong>ookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 18341<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4031\" title=\"0aarons\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/0aarons-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/0aarons-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/0aarons.jpg 727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong id=\"book-title\">Slim Aarons: Once upon a Time<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<span id=\"book-author\">Aarons, Slim<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ISBN:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-isbn\">0810946033<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-publisher\">Abrams<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-pubdate\">2003<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Binding:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-binding\">Hard Bound<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Book Condition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-bookcondition\">As New<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dust Jacket Condition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-dustjacketcondition\">As New<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Edition:<\/strong> <span id=\"biblio-edition\">First Edition<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Aarons made his career out of what he called &#8220;photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places. I knew everyone, They would invite me to one of their parties because they knew I wouldn&#8217;t hurt them. I was one of them.<br \/>\n<span class=\"attrib\">-Slim Aarons<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Description:<\/strong> Paperback published by Hearst Magazines in association with Getty images. A selection of images of the jet-set at play, originally published by Aarons in a book of the same title. 82 pages. Profusely illustrated! Minor wear to wrappers, otherwise fine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bookseller Inventory #<\/strong> 18347<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4032\" title=\"00aarons\" src=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/00aarons-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/00aarons-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/blackcatbooks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/00aarons.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"sold\">SOLD<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong id=\"book-title\">A Wonderful Time<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<span id=\"book-author\">Aarons, Slim<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slim Aaron&#8217;s photographs, where wealthy people lounge poolside, looking effortlessly beautiful, are the definitive insiders look into the private lives of the Leisure Class of the 1950&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s. 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