George Allen "Slim" Aarons (American/New York)
George Allen "Slim" Aarons (American/New York, 1916-2006) , "Children at Mrs. William de Rham's Dance Class", 1959 negative creation date, c-print, signed lower right, sight 34 3/4 in. x 53 1/2 in., framed. Note: While originally a combat photographer in World War II, George Allen “Slim” Aarons shifted to documenting high society and the super-rich because, as he put it, “I wanted to be on the sunny side of the street.” He turned to Hollywood to search for enchantment and excess and would go on to photograph spreads for Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Holiday and Town & Country magazines. His opulent and detailed photographs of “attractive people in attractive places doing attractive things” have become more and more revered over time and are often considered the precursor to the current image-obsessed content of the social media era. In the work offered here, Aarons captures the charming awkwardness of a children’s dance class. The pint-sized wallflowers, dressed in full formal regalia, sit in a line of chairs waiting for a turn on the dance floor. While they face the action, collectively displaying a range of emotion from apathy to intense scrutiny, the lens faces them and captures a delightfully candid moment. Ref.: Bosworth, Patricia. “Why Can’t Slim Aarons Get Any Respect?”. Town & Country. Sept. 19, 2016. www.townandcountrymag.com. Accessed Jan. 3, 2020. Dimensions:
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George Allen "Slim" Aarons (American/New York, 1916-2006) , "Children at Mrs. William de Rham's Dance Class", 1959 negative creation date, c-print, signed lower right, sight 34 3/4 in. x 53 1/2 in., framed. Note: While originally a combat photographer in World War II, George Allen “Slim” Aarons shifted to documenting high society and the super-rich because, as he put it, “I wanted to be on the sunny side of the street.” He turned to Hollywood to search for enchantment and excess and would go on to photograph spreads for Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Holiday and Town & Country magazines. His opulent and detailed photographs of “attractive people in attractive places doing attractive things” have become more and more revered over time and are often considered the precursor to the current image-obsessed content of the social media era. In the work offered here, Aarons captures the charming awkwardness of a children’s dance class. The pint-sized wallflowers, dressed in full formal regalia, sit in a line of chairs waiting for a turn on the dance floor. While they face the action, collectively displaying a range of emotion from apathy to intense scrutiny, the lens faces them and captures a delightfully candid moment. Ref.: Bosworth, Patricia. “Why Can’t Slim Aarons Get Any Respect?”. Town & Country. Sept. 19, 2016. www.townandcountrymag.com. Accessed Jan. 3, 2020. Dimensions:
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