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View of the Côte
D’Azur (opposite
page) from
a boat in the
Mediterranean,
Antibes, 1 969
“Every picture told a
story,” Mary Aarons
has said of her
father’s work.
Alice Topping
aZò, Palm
Beach, 1 959
“This innocent photo
was considered
risque – people
thought she was
in her underwear,”
Aarons said of
this image of
the US socialite.
Dolores von
Furstenberg
Guinness (right),
Sardinia, 1 965
The photo of style
icon Guinness
became one of his
most acclaimed
images over the years.
This is an edited
extract from Slim Aarons:
Women by Laura Hawk
(Abrams, $110).