HISTORICAL SOCIETY ATTRACTS CROWDS TO HONOR LEGENDARY SOCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER SLIM AARONS
PALM BEACH, Fla. (December 6, 2006)--- More than 150 guests gathered in Club Colette recently to honor George Allen “Slim” Aarons – the legendary social photographer famous for his 30-year love affair with Palm Beach and Palm Beachers – at the Sixth Annual Archival Evening to benefit the Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Sponsored by The Corcoran Group and Deutsche Bank Alex.Brown, the elegant, intimate dinner-dance was co-chaired by Steven Stolman and Ross Meltzer. Slim’s daughter, Mary Aarons served as honorary chair.
Slim’s contributions to Palm Beach were captured for the evening in a dramatic display of signature photographs taken between 1955 and 1985 that have become iconic images of the era they depict. Notables guests included Aerin Lauder; Liza Pulitzer; Billy Norwich; Kelly Klein; Mac and Jamie Zahringer; Roz Clarke; Christina Lowris; Alan and Kathy Bleznak; Cece Farris; Wally and Betsy Turner; Mark Stevens; Buddy and Sandy Thompson; Sandy Krakoff; Cynthia Boardman; Arnold Scassi; Frances Scaife; Tom McCarter; Phil Whitacre; Jean Tailer; Peter and Brantley Knowles; Lee Bierly; and Chris Drake.
The Historical Society’s annual Archival Evening honors the contributions of notable individuals whose accomplishments and influence have helped to define the history of Palm Beach. Last year’s event paid tribute to “The Late Great Grande Dames of Palm Beach,” including Barton Gubelmann, Estee Lauder, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Mary Sanford and Sue Whitmore. Previous honorees include Palm Beach style icon Lilly Pulitzer, 1920s New York and Palm Beach architect Maurice Fatio, fashion designer Philip Hulitar and society family photographer Betty Kuhner.
For more information about the Historical Society, please visit www.historicalsocietypbc.org, or call (561) 832-4164.
About Slim Aarons:
Born in New Hampshire in 1916, the late Slim Aarons served as a photographer during WWII with the Eighth Army Division. He then moved to Hollywood where he made a career of “…photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places,” as he described in his own words. His subjects were the beautiful, the celebrated, the rich and powerful, the talented and the privileged, high society and aristocracy in the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s. He documented the ‘high life’ for Town & Country, Holiday, Vogue, LIFE and Travel + Leisure and his subjects included the likes of Clark Gable, Van Heflin, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart, Jacqueline Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn and Howard Hughes.
Slim published the book, “A Wonderful Time: An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life” in 1974 that became a cult favorite among the fashion world as well as an inspiration for current advertising campaigns. His subsequent books were “Once Upon a Time,” published in 2003, and “A Place in the Sun,” in 2005. He died of a stroke earlier this year on May 30, 2006 in Monterose, New York.
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