From the end of World War II through the 1980s Aarons photographed the rich & famous the beautiful & the celebrated Hollywood royalty European aristocracy the grande dames of high society captains of industry media moguls statesmen & stars of every sort Though upholding the glamorous image of wealth power talent & beauty he saw himself as a journalist whose duty it was to inform & this led him to develop the environmental portrait
- photographs of his subjects at home at work at play & mingling with each other This type of portrait has influenced a generation of photojournalists whose work can be seen in today's lifestyle magazines This volume shows Aarons photographs of the international elite in their exclusive playgrounds during the jet-set decades of the 1950s 60s & 70s