# @gettyimages on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16446591-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-02-21T12:12:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

An iconic image, the Slim Aarons photograph known as 'Poolside Gossip' is this year marking its 50th anniversary. Taken in January 1970 in Palm Springs, California, it came to define an image of mid-century modernism. Scroll through to enjoy original ephemera from Slim's own archive, housed at the gettyarchive in London.⁠⠀
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The Poolside Gossip story begins with the 1946 design of the house by architect Richard Neutra, commissioned by businessman and philanthropist Edgar J. Kaufmann.⁠⠀
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On assignment for Holiday magazine, when Slim visited 'The Kaufmann House' in 1970, it belonged to art dealer Joseph Linsk and cultural patron Nelda Linsk. It would make the perfect backdrop to promote Palm Springs as a winter vacation destination.⁠⠀
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Part of the same New York circle, Slim phoned Nelda to arrange the shoot and asked her to invite some friends along. A seemingly trivial request, Nelda’s friends became the life-blood of Poolside Gossip. ⁠⠀
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Lita Baron, the actress and singer, cuts a glamorous figure, walking down alongside the pool. Model Helen Dzo Dzo appears perfectly poised with lacquered hair and dressed in white lace, sat with Nelda Linsk in sunshine yellow.⁠⠀
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The photoshoot took just an hour and a half, everyone taking care of their own make-up and wardrobe. Slim just took his tripod and camera along, and captured a brilliantly colourful series of photographs. One of the shots was used in a double-page spread, shown here, and the series is now regarded as Slim’s signature work.⁠⠀
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The Poolside Gossip story is being celebrated by the gettyimagesgallery throughout 2020. This weekend sees a return to the home of Poolside Gossip, with a special event in Palm Springs as part of modernism_week.  gracehomefurnishings will be hosting an evening with Nelda Linsk herself, with cocktails, a unique photo op and of course, plenty of gossip.⁠⠀
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📷: Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images⁠⠀
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