Simple Pleasures: Signs of the Time!

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain

Michael Eastman, Eddie's BBQ
Michael Eastman, Eddie’s BBQ, 2003
C-Type Color Photograph, 48 x 60 inches

 

Julius Shulman, Academy Theatre
Julius Shulman, Academy Theatre, 1939
Silver gelatin photograph, 24 x 20 inches

 

Louis Renault, Cafe de la Paix, Small town near Sartène, c. mid 1950's, Early silver gelatin photograph
Louis Renault, Cafe de la Paix, Small town near Sartène, mid 1950s
Early silver gelatin photograph, 9 x 13 1/2 inches

 

Robert Doisneau, Photographie Aerienne, 1950, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Robert Doisneau, Photographie Aérienne, 1950
Silver Gelatin Photograph, 16 x 13 1/4 inches

 

William Klein, Antonia + Simone + Barber Shop, New York (Vogue), 1961, Chromogenic color photograph
William Klein, Antonia + Simone + Barber Shop, New York (Vogue), 1961
Chromogenic color photograph, 18 7/8 x 24 inches

 

Louis Stettner, Boulevard de Clichy, 1951, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Louis Stettner, Boulevard de Clichy, 1951
Silver gelatin photograph, 14 1/2 x 20 inches

 

Berenice Abbott, Lyric Theatre, 100 Third Avenue, New York
Berenice Abbott, Lyric Theatre, 100 Third Avenue, New York, 1935
Silver gelatin photograph, 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches

 

John Baeder, Star Vue, New Mexico, 1975
Archival pigment photograph, 30 x 40 inches

 

William Witt, "The Eye," Lower E. Side, Manhattan
William Witt, “The Eye” Lower E. Side, N.Y. City, 1948
Vintage Silver Gelatin photograph, 10 1/4 X 11 3/4 Inches

 

Georges Dambier, Suzy Parker Photographer with Posters, 1953, Archival pigment photograph
Georges Dambier, Suzy Parker Photographer with Posters, 1952
Archival Pigment Photograph, 20 x 16 inches

 

Michael Massaia, Afterlife – New Jersey Shore – Point Pleasant Fun House, 2010
Selenium Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph, 30 x 40 inches

 

William Helburn, Bus Top, 1958, Silver Gelatin Photograph
William Helburn, Bus Top, Dovima and Jean Patchett for Harper’s Bazaar, 1958
Silver gelatin photograph, 36 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches

 

Stephen Wilkes, Times Square, NYC, Day To Night, 2010
Stephen Wilkes, Times Square, NYC (Day to Night), 2010
Fuji Flex Archival Photograph, 33 3/8 x 40 inches

 

William Klein, Dorothy + Hotel du Sud
William Klein, Dorothy + Hotel du Sud, 1963
Silver gelatin photograph, 41 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches

 

Brett Weston, Untitled (Whelan’s Drugstore), 1944
Silver Gelatin Photograph, 14 x 10 inches

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.