Simple Pleasures : Life Without Ballet Would Be Pointless“Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.” – Erol Ozan
Albert Watson, Anna Pavlova’s Tutu, Mosfilm Museum, Moscow, 1988, Archival Pigment Photograph Arthur Elgort, Getting Ready, Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001, Silver Gelatin Photograph Barbara Morgan, Martha Graham, Letter to the World, 1940, Silver Gelatin Photograph Cecil Beaton, Ruldolf Nureyev & Margot Fonteyn in Marguerite & Armond, 1965, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Clive Arrowsmith, D’arcy Bussel, Ballerina, 1991, Archival Pigment Photograph Gjon Mili, Martha Graham (Punch and Judy), 1942, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Harry Benson, Fernando Bujones, Long Island, New York, 1985, Archival Pigment Photograph Martha Swope, New York City Ballet, “Allegro Brillante,” Melissa Hayden and Nicholas Magallanes, Silver Gelatin Photograph Michael James O’Brien, Dancer (Tina Lee), NYC, 2000, Archival Pigment Photograph Neil Folberg, Four Dancers, 2003, Archival Pigment Photograph Neil Folberg, The Ballet School, 2003, Archival Pigment Photograph Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Charlotte Landreau, Martha Graham Dance Company, 2015, Archival Pigment Photograph Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Miriam Miller, New York City Ballet, 2016, Archival Pigment Photograph Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Xander Parish, Principal, Mariinsky Ballet, 2018, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum Studio Liseg, Revenge, Ruth Page, Unknown Dancer as Manrico, 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 .
