SimplePleasures: Picturing the Pleasures of Being Young
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” ― Fred Rogers, television personality
Frank Horvat, Cairo, Egypt, 1962, Archival Pigment PhotographHelen Levitt, New York (Foreign Legion), 1940, Silver Gelatin PhotographFred Stein, Ball Field, New York, 1946, Silver Gelatin PhotographEdouard Boubat, Jardin Du Luxembourg, Paris, 1955, Silver Gelatin PhotographSabine Weiss, Paris, 1952, Silver Gelatin PhotographArthur Leipzig, Untitled (Boys on Wooden Scooter), 1940’s, Silver Gelatin PhotographFrank Horvat, Michel & Lorenzo in Field, 1959, Silver Gelatin PhotographHenri Cartier-Bresson, Three Juveniles, Montreal, Canada, 1964, Silver Gelatin PhotographKatrina Thomas, Untitled (girl with kitten), c. 1972, Early Silver Gelatin PhotographRobert Frank, Peru, 1948, Silver Gelatin PhotographChester Higgins Jr., Kid Cooling Off in Hydrant Spray, Harlem, Early Silver Gelatin PhotographIlse Bing, Patrice Avec Bateau, 1952, Silver Gelatin PhotographElliott Erwitt, Kids Boxing, Armonk, New York (Diptych), Silver Gelatin PhotographWill McBride, Riverboat, Berlin, 1959, Silver Gelatin PhotographHoward Sochurek, Russian Children Dancing at Water’s Edge, 1958, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated by Holden Luntz Gallery, presenting a selection of our favorite pictures organized thematically.
We hope you find these photographs as a gentle reminder that there are always simple pleasures to be found.
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