Simple Pleasures: Looking Down and Finding Inspiration

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” – Henry Ford

Edouard Boubat, Les Amoureux de Paris III
Edouard Boubat, Les Amoureux de Paris III, 1962, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Berenice Abbott, New York at Night
Berenice Abbott, New York at Night, 1932, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Gary Monroe, Untitled
Gary Monroe, Untitled, 2009, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Brett Weston, Dunes, White Sands, New Mexico
Brett Weston, Dunes, White Sands, New Mexico, 1946, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
André Kertész, Carrefour Blois
André Kertész, Carrefour Blois, 1930, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Frank Horvat, Paris, Gare Saint Lazarre
Frank Horvat, Paris, Gare Saint Lazarre, 1959, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Lilo Raymond, Pears in Wooden Bowl
Lilo Raymond, Pears in Wooden Bowl, 1964, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Melvin Sokolsky, Lumiere Street II
Melvin Sokolsky, Lumiere Street II, 1963, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum
Frank Horvat, Paris Couple (Quai Du Louvre)
Frank Horvat, Paris Couple (Quai Du Louvre), 1955, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Harry Benson, Beatles Arriving in New York
Harry Benson, Beatles Arriving in New York, 1964, Archival Pigment Photograph
Andre Lichtenberg, Sunday Shoppers, 2008 (Vertigo Series)
Andre Lichtenberg, Sunday Shoppers, 2008 (Vertigo Series), 2008, C-Type Photograph
Ilse Bing, Street Scene from Above
Ilse Bing, Street Scene from Above, 1931, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Harold Feinstein, 125th Street from Elevated Train, NYC
Harold Feinstein, 125th Street from Elevated Train, NYC, 1954, Silver Gelatin Photograph
André Kertész, New York Painter on Roof
André Kertész, New York Painter on Roof, 1977, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Walter Iooss, The Blue Dunk, Michael Jordan, 1987
Walter Iooss, The Blue Dunk, Michael Jordan, 1987, Archival Pigment Photograph
Elliott Erwitt, St. Tropez, France, 1959
Elliott Erwitt, St. Tropez, France, 1959, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated by Holden Luntz Gallery, presenting a selection of our favorite pictures organized thematically.

63We hope you find these photographs as a gentle reminder that there are always simple pleasures to be found.