Promotional Information

Slim Aarons: La Dolce Vita is a celebration of fabulous living, Italian style, as seen through the lens of the famed photographer Slim Aarons.; Abrams has published three volumes of the photography of Slim Aarons, all of which have been successful. Once Upon a Time has sold 2,000 copies, A Place in the Sun has sold 2,000 copies, and Poolside with Slim Aarons has sold 4,000 copies.; Slim Aarons commonly photographed celebrities at home and this book will be no exception. Celebrities seen in the Italian countryside will include Peggy Guggenheim, Orson Wells, the Versaces, Lois Armstrong, Tyrone Power, Peter Sellers, Gore Vidal and more.

About the Author

Christopher Sweet is the former editor in chief of Viking Studio and the Vendome Press. He was the editor of Slim Aarons’s Once Upon a Time and A Place in the Sun and has written several other books on art and photography.