Simple Pleasures: Who is the Fairest of Them All?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? – Pablo Picasso

Lawrence Schiller, Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren
Lawrence Schiller, Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren, 1962, C-Type Color Photograph

Helen Levittt, Children with Broken Mirror, New York
Helen Levittt, Children with Broken Mirror, New York, c. 1940, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Jeff Bark, Another Magazine Spring Summer 2013
Jeff Bark, Another Magazine Spring/Summer, 2012, C-Type Color Photograph

Brassai (Gyula Halasz), Couple Fache Au Bal Des Quatre Saisons
Brassai (Gyula Halasz), Couple Fache au Bal des Quatre Saisons, 1932, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Deborah Turbeville, Untitled, Paris 3
Deborah Turbeville, Untitled, Paris 3, 1982, Chromogenic Color Photograph

Harry Benson, Dolly Parton, Nashville
Harry Benson, Dolly Parton, Nashville, 1976, Archival Pigment Photograph

Wright Morris, Reflection in Oval Mirror, Home Place
Wright Morris, Reflection in Oval Mirror, Home Place, c. 1940s, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Raphael Neal, A Boy's Room #4 (Mirror)
Raphael Neal, A Boy’s Room #4 (Mirror), 2001, C-type Color Photograph

Renato D'Agostin, Venice (Man in Mirror)
Renato D’Agostin, Venice (Man in Mirror), 2010, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Frank Horvat, L'Officiel (Evening Dress Back)
Frank Horvat, For L’Officiel (Evening Dress Back), 1989, Archival Pigment Photograph

Lilo Raymond, Dresser with Pillows in Front of Mirror
Lilo Raymond, Dresser with Pillows in Front of Mirror, 1976, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Melvin Sokolsky, Mirror Dance II
Melvin Sokolsky, Mirror Dance II, 1965, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum

Albert Watson, David Bowie in Mirrors, New York City
Albert Watson, David Bowie in Mirrors, New York City, 1992, Archival Pigment Photograph

Michael Eastman, Mirror Door 2, Lisbon
Michael Eastman, Mirror Door 2, Lisbon, 2011, Chromogenic Color Photograph

Bruce Davidson, Brooklyn Gang (Girl Combing Hair in Mirror at Coney Island Bath House)
Bruce Davidson, Brooklyn Gang (Girl Combing Hair in Mirror at Coney Island Bath House), 1959, 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.