Simple Pleasures: Taking to the Air
“Until you spread your wings you have no idea how far you’ll fly.” — Anon
Slim Aarons, Private Transport, 1954, Silver gelatin photograph Rodney Smith, Saori on Sea Plane Wing No. 2, Dominican Republic Horace Bristol, Rescued Airman Smoking aboard PBY, Rabaul, 1944, Silver Gelatin Photograph Jacques-Henri Lartigue, My Brother, Zissou, Gets His Glider Airbourne, Chateau De Rouzat, 1910, Silver gelatin photograph Milton Greene, Alfred Hitchcock, 1959, Archival pigment photograph William Helburn, Dovima Jet Pilot, 1954, Archival Pigment Photograph Carl Van Vechten, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas about to embark on their first plane ride, 1939, Silver Gelatin photograph Lawrence Schiller, Barbra Streisand & Jason Gould, 1969, Silver gelatin photograph Norman Parkinson, Cardin Hat Over Paris, 1948, Silver gelatin photograph Bernard Faucon, Les Hautes Herbes, 1977, Fresson Photograph Margaret Bourke-White, Grumman Aircraft U.S. Navy Amphibious J2F-1, 1937, Vintage Silver gelatin photograph Norman Parkinson, The Art of Travel II, 1959, Silver gelatin photograph David Yarrow, Sinclair Oil, 2025, Archival Pigment 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 .
