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Women

Slim Aarons: Women explores the central subject off Slim Aarons's career — the extraordinary women who inhabited the upper echelons of society, the arts, fashion, and Hollywood, from the late 1940s through the 1980s. This book features a host of unforgettable personalities — among them, some of the who shared Slim's life and work: his daughter, Mary Aarons; his wife, Rita Dewart Aarons; the Austrian princess and socialite Manni Wittgenstein; the Avon heiress Baroness Terry von Pantz; and the Roman photographer Elisabetta Catalano. The collection also contains his most iconic images of renowned figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Eva Gabor, Marlene Dietrich, Jackie Kennedy, Babe Paley, the Duchess of Windsor, and more. The photographs included here have been culled from Slim's vast body of work with the goal of presenting little-known material that has never been published in book form. In some cases, famous images are paired with several unpublished outtakes from the original photo shoot, offering an unprecedented glimpse into how Slim worked and his mastery of environmental portraiture. One of Slim's closest colleagues, Laura Hawk, introduces his photographs and provides detailed captions, recounting observations and anecdotes gleaned from working with him for more than a decade. The exclusive realm that Slim so deftly navigated is amply revealed in this collection of more than 250 photographs, with a tight focus on the women who typified this world. Showcasing beautiful women at their most glamorous in some of the most dazzling locations across the globe, Slim Aarons: Women is a fresh look at the acclaimed photographer through the muses who inspired his most enduring photographs.