Simple Pleasures: Shapes within the Frame

“Curves: the loveliest distance between two points.” – Mae West

Albert Watson, Suvi Koponen with Disc, New York City, 2012
Albert Watson, Suvi Koponen with Disc, New York City, 2012, Archival Pigment Photograph

Edward Weston, Pepper No. 30
Edward Weston, Pepper No. 30, 1930, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Garry Fabian Miller, Darkroom's Erasure
Garry Fabian Miller, Darkroom’s Erasure, 2000, Light, Water, Lambda C-type Print from Unique Dye Destruction Print

George Hoyningen-Huene, Swimwear With Hoola Hoop, Miss E, Carise
George Hoyningen-Huene, Swimwear With Hoola Hoop, Miss E, Carise, 1930, Platinum/Palladium Photograph

Tom Baril, Two and a Half Pears
Tom Baril, Two and a Half Pears (800), 2002, Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph

Melvin Sokolsky, Delvaux Street
Melvin Sokolsky, Delvaux Street, 1963, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum

Jo Whaley, Iris Tropea Luna
Jo Whaley, Iris Tropea Luna, 1999, Chromogenic Color Photograph

Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Sean Aaron Carmon and Michael Jackson Jr., Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2015, Archival Pigment Photograph
Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Sean Aaron Carmon and Michael Jackson Jr., Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2015, Archival Pigment Photograph

Joyce Tenneson, Nautilus Cross Section
Joyce Tenneson, Nautilus Cross Section, 2016, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum

Ormond Gigli, Girl in the Light, 1967
Ormond Gigli, Girl in the Light, 1967, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Ashley Ellis, Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet, 2015
Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Ashley Ellis, Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet, 2015, Archival Dye Sublimation Prints on Aluminum

Edward Weston, Two ShellsEdward Weston, Two Shells, 1927, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Vincent Serbin, The Four Functions of Consciousness, 1993
Vincent Serbin, The Four Functions of Consciousness, 1993, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Gilbert Garcin, La Rupture, 2009
Gilbert Garcin, La Rupture, 2009, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Eliot Porter, Lichens on River Stones - South Coast
Eliot Porter, Lichens on River Stones – South Coast, 1975, Dye Transfer Photograph

Simon Chaput, Pauline NY 13l
Simon Chaput, Pauline NY 5L, 2000, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Brett Weston, Dune, Detail, 1977
Brett Weston, Dune, Detail, 1977, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Roberto Edwards, Alfredo Prior (Argentina) #63, Cuerpos Pintados Painted Bodies, 1993
Roberto Edwards, Alfredo Prior (Argentina) #63, Cuerpos Pintados Painted Bodies, 1993, Archival Lambda Color Photograph

Melvin Sokolsky, Bubble On Seine Kick, 1963, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum


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.