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‘Los Angeles: Portrait of a City’ by Kevin Starr and Jim Heimann, published by Taschen on September 25, 2009, £44.99
'Rita Aarons, wife of the photographer, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree', Slim Aarons, 1955 © Getty Images
