Getty Images, "Capri Holiday," Slim Aarons, January 1, 1958

This enchanting photograph captures the timeless allure of swimmers off the Italian island of Capri in 1958, during the height of the island's emergence as the premier Mediterranean destination for the international jet set. Photographed during the heady La Dolce Vita days of the late 1950s when celebrities such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren put the island on the jet-set map, this idyllic scene perfectly embodies the sophisticated leisure that made Capri synonymous with glamorous Mediterranean escapism. With some of the bluest seas on Earth and studded with coves along its rocky shoreline, Capri has long been a playground for the rich and famous, and this striking composition epitomizes the spirit of rest and relaxation that the Italian island represents. The image captures the essence of Capri as one of the most cosmopolitan islands in the Mediterranean, beloved by the international jet set and Hollywood celebrities, where the crystal-clear azure waters and dramatic coastline created the perfect backdrop for refined leisure and sophisticated pleasure.

Slim Aarons, renowned for his evocative photographs of, as he described it, "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places," was the quintessential chronicler of high society. After serving as a war photographer, Aarons turned his lens to a new landscape: the glamorous lives of Hollywood elites, Palm Beach socialites, and jet-setting debutantes and princes. His work for society publications captured an aspirational world of leisure and luxury that defined the American upper class throughout the mid-20th century, creating images that remain timeless symbols of sophistication and style.

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