Everything about this photo by Slim Aarons of Helen Dzo Dzo Kaptur just kills me. What I like is that Helen, 41 years old here and widowed for the last 10 years but prior to her marriage to Hugh Kaptur, is pure attitude, her posture, her so-what-ness carry it. Helen lived a rich life of two husbands, a career in modeling, three children, friends, travels. Helen’s obituary says of this and other photographs from Aarons’ series:
Getting invited by her friend Nelda Linsk to her home in January of 1970 for a casual photo shoot immortalized Helen. The resulting photograph entitled “Poolside Gossip” by Slim Aaron depicts Helen seated poolside with her friend Nelda Linsk “gossiping” while actress Lita Baron approaches them. The iconic photo has come to define the Palm Springs lifestyle of the 1960s; style, fashion and architecture.
