Simple Pleasures: Staying Cool In The Summer

“I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.” – Susan Branch

Georges Dambier, Catherine and Her Surfboard, Biarritz, 1959, Archival pigment photograph
Georges Dambier, Catherine and Her Surfboard, Biarritz, 1960
Archival Pigment Photograph, 20 x 16 inches

 

Harry Benson, Bobby Fischer Floating Underwater, 1972, Archival Pigment Photograph
Harry Benson, Bobby Fischer Floating, 1972
Archival Pigment Photograph, 17 x 22 inches

 

Norman Seeff, Hissing of Summer Lawns I, Joni Mitchell
Norman Seeff, Joni Mitchell, Los Angeles, “Hissing of Summer Lawns I”, 1976
Archival Pigment Photograph on Entrada Rag Paper, 30 x 43 inches

 

Arthur Elgort, Stella Tennant Diving, Watermill, NY, American Vogue, 1995, Archival pigment photograph
Arthur Elgort, Stella Tennant Diving, Watermill, NY, American Vogue, 1995
Archival pigment photograph, 50 x 70 inches

 

Bruce Weber, Justin, NYC Studio, 1988, Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph
Bruce Weber, Justin, NYC Studio, 1986
Silver Gelatin Photograph, 17 x 14 inches

 

William Helburn, Raft, Lucinda Hollingsworth, Westhampton Beach, NY, 1959, Archival pigment photograph
William Helburn, Raft, Lucinda Hollingsworth, Westhampton Beach, NY, 1958
Archival pigment photograph, 40 x 31 3/4 inches

 

Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn Monroe, 1962, Digital C-Print
Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Archival Pigment Photograph, 20 x 24 inches

 

Barbara Cole, Ali, Beat Series, 2022, Chromogenic Print
Barbara Cole, Ali, Beat Series, 2022
Archival Chromogenic Photograph, 54 x 40 inches

 

Nino Migliori, ‘[Il] Tuffatore’ (The Diver) photograph, 1951
Silver gelatin photograph, 16 x 19 7/8 inches

 

Terry O'Neill, Audrey Hepburn in Pool, on the set of "Two for the Road", 1967, C-type Color Photograph
Terry O’Neill, Audrey Hepburn in Pool, On the set of ‘Two for the Road’ 1967
Archival Pigment Photograph, 30 x 40 inches

 

Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs, 1970, Color C-Type Print
Slim Aarons, Poolside Pairs, 1970
C-Type Color Photograph, 20 x 30 inches

 

Herb Ritts, Head, Paradise Cove
Herb Ritts, Head, Paradise Cove, 1986
Silver Gelatin Photograph, 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches

 

Bruce Mozert, Silver Springs Underwater (Music and Dancing with Fish)
Bruce Mozert, Silver Springs Underwater (Music and Dancing with Fish), c. 1940-1970
Silver Gelatin Photograph, 8 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.