This image is on holiday
He began his photography career while in the army
Aarons served for three years as a combat photographer for Yank
magazine. From North Africa to the Middle East and Europe, he
recorded the siege of Monte Cassino in Italy, was wounded during
the invasion of Anzio and witnessed Rome
fall to the Allies. His now famous shot of an American soldier
holding a baby in font of joyful crowds massing in the streets
became the cover of Yank in July 1944. After leaving the army, Slim
became a freelance photojournalist. He vowed he’d never photograph
death or destruction again: “I’d wandered through enough
concentration camps and bombed-out villages. I’d slept in the mud
and been shot at. I owed myself some easy, luxurious living. I
wanted to be on the sunny side of the street.”