Lovers of Italian glamour will quickly be addicted to this compilation of idyllic images depicting the continental ‘good life’ at its height. Every page documents the decades-long love affair that renowned American photographer Slim Aarons had with the country he would visit time and again. His camera loved beautiful places, architecture and people, evidenced in a range of glossy images, from sweeping aerials of the Sicilian countryside to intimate portraits of celebrities and high society lounging in magnificent villas.
Aarons first visited Italy as a combat photographer during World War II and later moved to Rome to shoot for Life magazine, but even after relocating to New York, he would return to Italy almost every year for the rest of his life. The images collected in this seductive book document aristocracy, the cultural elite and jetsetters such as Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Joan Fontaine and Tyrone Power, each living their own version of la dolce vita during the last fifty years. An introduction by Christopher Sweet shares stories from Aarons' years in Italy and offers new insights about his life and career. This is one of our coffee table must-haves: if we can’t be in 1960s Italy, we can still dream…
