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The collection contains more than 200 images with detailed captions, showcasing beautiful women at their most glamorous and in dazzling locations across the globe. Learn to shoot like slim aarons architectural digest. Slim aarons was an american photographer whose most popular image, the kings of hollywood 1957, epitomized the glamour, charisma, and celebrity that he sought to capture in his portraits. Being a big fan of aarons work, especially his images documenting dreamy summers in the 60s, i was pretty certain that taking some time out to gaze at his work would pop a spring in my step.
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