Simple Pleasures: Great Photographs that Made it to the Cover

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second..” — Marc Riboud

Albert Watson, Michaela Bercu (dress by Gianfranco Ferre), Paris, 1989, Archival Pigment Photograph
Albert Watson, Michaela Bercu (dress by Gianfranco Ferre), Paris, 1989, Archival Pigment Photograph

Frank Horvat, Harper’s Bazaar cover (Umbrella color), 1967, Archival Pigment Photograph
Frank Horvat, Harper’s Bazaar cover (Umbrella color), 1967, Archival Pigment Photograph

Joel Brodsky, Jim Morrison, 1967, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Joel Brodsky, Jim Morrison, 1967, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Norman Seeff, Keith Classic, Keith Richards, Los Angeles, 1972, Archival Pigment Photograph
Norman Seeff, Keith Classic, Keith Richards, Los Angeles, 1972, Archival Pigment Photograph

Andreas Feininger, The Photojournalist (Dennis Stock), New York, 1951, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Andreas Feininger, The Photojournalist (Dennis Stock), New York, 1951, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Harry Benson, Reagans’ Dance, The White House, 1985, Archival Pigment Photograph
Harry Benson, Reagans’ Dance, The White House, 1985, Archival Pigment Photograph

Herb Ritts, Madonna, Hollywood “True Blue,” 1986, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Herb Ritts, Madonna, Hollywood “True Blue,” 1986, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Horst P. Horst, Lisa V.O.G.U.E, 1940, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Horst P. Horst, Lisa V.O.G.U.E, 1940, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Joyce Tenneson, Suzanne and Chair, c. 1990s, Archival Pigment Photograph
Joyce Tenneson, Suzanne and Chair, c. 1990s, Archival Pigment Photograph

Harry Benson, Michael Jackson on Throne (King of Pop), 1997, Printed Later Archival Pigment Photograph
Harry Benson, Michael Jackson on Throne (King of Pop), 1997, Printed Later Archival Pigment Photograph

Melvin Sokolsky, Bubble Over New York, 1965, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum
Melvin Sokolsky, Bubble Over New York, 1965, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum

Neil Leifer, Ali/Liston – Muhammad Ali KO’s Sonny Liston, Lewiston, ME, 1965, Color coupler print
Neil Leifer, Ali/Liston – Muhammad Ali KO’s Sonny Liston, Lewiston, ME, 1965, Color coupler print

Norman Seeff, Mac on Lap Classic, Steve Jobs, Woodside, CA, 1984, Archival Pigment Photograph
Norman Seeff, Mac on Lap Classic, Steve Jobs, Woodside, CA, 1984, Archival Pigment Photograph

Ken Browar & Deborah Ory, Jacqueline Green, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2018
Ken Browar & Deborah Ory, Jacqueline Green, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2018

Stephen Wilkes, Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park, Day to Night 2014, Fuji Crystal Archival Photograph
Stephen Wilkes, Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park, Day to Night
2014, Fuji Crystal Archival Photograph

Karen Knorr, The Maharaja’s Apartment, Udaipur City Palace, 2010, Archival Pigment Photograph
Karen Knorr, The Maharaja’s Apartment, Udaipur City Palace, 2010, 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.

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