The Slim Aarons Gift Guide: Pool, Beach and Ski Prints

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The Slim Aarons Gift Guide: Pools, Beaches and the Alps

A Slim Aarons print is the perfect gift for anyone who dreams of a long lunch in Capri, a swim in Palm Springs or a week in Verbier. Aarons spent decades photographing what he called "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places," and his pictures still feel like the best vacation you never took.

Every print below is an authentic photograph from the Getty Images archive, which holds Aarons' work. We've grouped them by where the person on your list would rather be.

Best of Slim Aarons

If you're not sure where to start, start here. Best of Slim Aarons brings together his most celebrated images in one place.

• Poolside Gossip: perhaps the most famous Slim Aarons photograph, shot in 1970 at the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs.
• Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc: the Riviera's most glamorous pool, carved into the rocks at Antibes.
• Dining Al Fresco: a long Italian lunch that makes any dining room feel like summer.
• Penthouse Pool: a statement piece for the true Aarons devotee, from $475.

Prices start at $375, and many images are also offered as Slide prints from $395.

For Poolside Loungers

No one photographed a swimming pool like Slim Aarons. For Poolside Loungers is made for the friend who spends summer on a sun lounger, or wishes they did.

• Palm Springs Party and Poolside Gossip for desert modernism.
• Pool at Lake Tahoe and Relaxing at Lake Tahoe for mountain-lake calm.
• Poolside in Marrakesh and Poolside in Sotogrande for Moroccan and Spanish heat.
• Poolside Backgammon: the perfect gift for the friend who never turns down a game.

These prints look best large, in a living room or pool house, where the blue of the water can carry the room.

For Beach Lovers

For Beach Lovers follows Aarons along the coastlines he loved most.

• The Italian coast: Positano Beach, Conca dei Marini, Amalfi, Rapallo and Marina Piccola on Capri.
• The Riviera and Spain: Saint-Tropez Beach, Swimming in Spain and Sailing in Sardinia.
• The Americas: Copacabana Beach, Caleta Beach in Acapulco, Laguna Beach and Palm Beach Idyll.

For something beyond Aarons, the collection also includes Tom Kelley's Friends with Surfboards and Mustangs and Paul Viant's Striped Beach Umbrellas, both from $250.

For the Avid Skier

Aarons was as at home on the slopes as he was by the pool. For the Avid Skier gathers his winter photographs from the great resorts.

• The Alps: Verbier View, Lounging in Gstaad, Relaxing in Lech, Zermatt Skiing and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
• The American slopes: On the Slopes of Sugarbush, Snow Mass Village and New England Skiing.
• Après-ski: Apres Ski and Chalet Costi, for the part of the day that happens after the last run.

A ski print makes an easy gift for anyone with a mountain house, or anyone counting down to the first snow.

How to give a Slim Aarons print

• Match the print to their happy place: beach, pool or mountain.
• Choose framing if you want it to arrive ready to hang. See our framing options.
• Go large if you can. Aarons' wide, sunlit compositions reward a big wall.

Frequently asked questions

Are these real Slim Aarons photographs? Yes. Every print is produced from Slim Aarons' original images in the Getty Images archive, through our authorized Getty Images Gallery partnership.

What's the most famous Slim Aarons photo? Poolside Gossip, taken at the Kaufmann House in Palm Springs in 1970, is his best-known image. You'll find it in Best of Slim Aarons and For Poolside Loungers.

How long will my print take to arrive? Each print is made to order and takes about three weeks.