“From now on I’m going to walk on the sunny side of the street. I’m going to have fun photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.”

Photographer Slim Aarons work gives a fascinating insight into the lavish lifestyles enjoyed by the likes of icons like Jacqueline Kennedy, Joan Collins and Marilyn Monroe. This film chronicles his early years as an enlisted military photographer during the Second World War broke out and his evolution to becoming one of the most recognized high fashion photographers of his era.

His photographs show a time when celebrity and high society was evolving into what it has become today.

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Producer: Wendy Yamano

Assoc. Producer: Tony Poon

Director: Fritz Mitchell

Director of Photography: Peter Franchella

Distributor: Made 2 Measure m2m.tv

Press: Elle.com/TheHighLife