Title: A Wonderful Time
Author: Slim Aarons
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, 1974
Photographs by Slim Aarons; 200 pages, color and black and white illustrations
After serving as a photojournalist in World War II, Slim Aarons turned his camera toward the new international aristocracy, turning the honored tradition of formal portraiture into a candidly refined genre. Throughout the 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s Aarons covered the privileged social circuit occupied by movie stars and executives, socialites, and royalty throughout America, Europe, Northern Africa, and the Caribbean. His elegant style and inimitable eye for a perfectly composed, uncontrived image have secured his status as a legendary figure in the realm of fashion and lifestyle photographers. A Wonderful Time is his most coveted publication, and is the best example of his famous dictum: “photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.” His images continue to exercise a lasting influence on the aesthetic of legendary tastemakers.
