Simple Pleasures: All in a Day’s Work

Simple Pleasures: All in a Day’s Work

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
— Coco Chanel, Fashion Designer

Shahrokh Hatami, Coco Chanel — Shahrokh Hatami, Coco Chanel, 1969, Archival Pigment Photograph, 13 x 16 inches

F.B. Grunzweig, "Between Heaven and Earth," United Nations Window Cleaner — F.B. Grunzweig, Between Heaven and Earth, United Nations Window Cleaner, c. 1950’s, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph, 10 x 7 3/4 inches

Gjon Mili — Pablo Picasso ‘draws’ a centaur in the air with light — Gjon Mili, Pablo Picasso ‘draws’ a centaur in the air with light, 1949, Silver gelatin photograph, 14 x 11 inches

Chester Higgins Jr., From the Book "Drums of Life" to be Published by Doubleday — Chester Higgins Jr., From the Book “Drums of Life” to be Published by Doubleday, 1972, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph, 6 3/4 X 9 3/4 inches

Jacko Vassilev, Old Man with a Pitch Fork Carrying Bundle Thorn for Fencing his Shepherd House Yard, Delvine, Albania — Jacko Vassilev, Old Man with a Pitch Fork Carrying Bundle Thorn for Fencing his Shepherd House Yard, Delvine, Albania, 1994, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 15 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches

Mario Algaze, "Cotton Candy" San Angel, Mexico — Mario Algaze, “Cotton Candy” San Angel, Mexico, 1981, Gold Chloride, Platinum/Palladium Photograph, 14 x 11 inches

W. Eugene Smith, Spinner, from Spanish Village — W. Eugene Smith, Spinner, from Spanish Village, 1950, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches

Bill Brandt, Coal Searchers — Bill Brandt, Coal Searchers, c. 1936-1937, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 13 3/8 X 11 1/2 inches

Albert Monier, Toilette Matinale — Albert Monier, Toilette Matinale, 1955, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph, 7 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches

Jose Lopez & Luis Medina, Interstate 80, Grill-Waitress, New Jersey — Jose Lopez & Luis Medina, Interstate 80, Grill-Waitress, New Jersey, 1971, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph, 5 3/4 X 8 inches

Werner Bischof"Employees of the Tata Iron and Steel Company on their way to work." Town of Jamshedpur. — Werner Bischof, Employees of the Tata Iron and Steel Company on their way to work, Town of Jamshedpur, 1951, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 11 x 14 inches

Eugène Atget, Boulangerie — Eugène Atget, Boulangerie, c. 1900, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 8 1⁄2 x 6 1⁄2 inches

Bruce Davidson, Marilyn Monroe, 1960, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph — Bruce Davidson, Marilyn Monroe on the Set, 1960, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph, 8 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches

Robert Doisneau Tinguely, Portrait de l'artiste, 1959, Silver gelatin photograph — Robert Doisneau, Tinguely, Portrait de l’artiste, 1959, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 16 x 11 7/8 inches

Lawrence Schiller, Head Over Heels in Work, 1956, Archival Pigment Photograph — Lawrence Schiller, Head Over Heels in Work, 1956, Archival Pigment Photograph, 40 x 30 inches

Gilbert Garcin, Diogène ou la Lucidité – (Diogenes of Lucidity), 2005, Silver Gelatin Photograph, 20 x 24 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.