Tastemakers from the fashion and design spheres continue to cite Slim Aarons’ as the true original in field of aspirational lifestyle photography. Famous for capturing “attractive people, doing attractive things, in attractive places,” Slim’s photos from decades past would look right at home on Instagram today. With the Great Escapes journal—which boasts a cloth cover, ribbon marker, and photographs printed throughout—anyone can claim a piece of this rarified world. It is just the thing to bring on vacation or display stylishly on your desk.
Format: Notebook / blank book
CONTRIBUTORS: Getty Images
EAN: 9781419719844
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 460 g
HEIGHT: 210 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Abrams
DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-02-02
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GENRE: PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Lifestyles
WIDTH: 147 cm
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Photography and photographs
Slim Aarons (1916–2006) is regarded as one of the most influential photographers of his generation. Born and raised in New Hampshire, he served as a World War II 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 & Country, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Travel & Leisure, Look, and Life.