From the post-World War II era to the 1980s, Aarons captured the world’s elite: Hollywood luminaries, European nobility, high society grande dames, business leaders, media tycoons, and influential figures. While preserving the glamour of wealth, power, and beauty, he saw his role as a journalistic informer, leading to the development of the environmental portrait – candid shots of subjects in their natural surroundings. This approach has inspired a generation of photojournalists seen in contemporary lifestyle publications. The book displays Aarons’ photographs of the global elite in their private retreats during the jet-set decades of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.