Simple Pleasures: Photographs That Remind Us That it’s Always 5 O’Clock Somewhere

“Fair thoughts and happy hours attend to you” – William Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice)

Helmut Newton, Chez Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, 1974, Silver Gelatin Photograph
David Yarrow, The Unusual Suspects, 2019, Archival Pigment Photograph
Phil Stern, Frank Sinatra with John F. Kennedy, JFK Inaugural, 1961, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Keystone Press Agency, Mick Jagger drinking beer from a mug in Germany, 1976, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Bill Brandt, Patrons at the Crooked Billet, Tower Hill, c. 1935, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Harry Benson, Berlin Kiss, 1996, Archival Pigment Photograph
Bruce Mozert, Silver Springs Underwater (Cocktail Party Cheers), c. 1940-1970, Silver Gelatin photograph
Bruno Bernard (Bernard of Hollywood), Sophia Loren, Berlin Film Festival, c. 1958, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Frank Horvat, “Le Chien qui Fume,” For Jardin des Modes, Paris, 1957, Archival Lambda Photograph
Brassai, Deux Filles De Montmartre, 1932, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Edouard Boubat, Billard à Anvers (Anvers, Belgique), 1960, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Harold Feinstein, Man & Wife Drinking Krueger Beer, 1950, 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.