Simple Pleasures: The Art of Living Dangerously (It Used to be OK to Smoke!)
“Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit smoking…” – from the movie “Airplane!”
William Klein, Anouk Aimee, Paris, 1961, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Will McBride, Victor And Tana for “Toren”, The Cigarette, 1963, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Shahrokh Hatami, Coco Chanel, 1969, Archival Pigment Photograph
Robert Doisneau, Créatures de Rêve, 1952, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Norman Seeff, Joni Hejira, Joni Mitchell, Los Angeles, 1964, Archival Pigment Photograph
Norman Parkinson, Impertinence, Helena Greffers Suit, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Horace Bristol, Rescued Airman Smoking aboard PBY, Rabaul, c. 1944, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Harry Benson, Ringo, New York, 1964, Archival Pigment Photograph
Frank Horvat, Warsaw Couple, 1963, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Clive Arrowsmith, Sammy Davis, London, 1973, Archival Pigment Photograph
Bruce Davidson, Boys Jiving on Boardwalk (from Brooklyn Gang), 1959, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Brassai, La Grosse Fille de Joie, Quartier Italie, 1932, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Albert Watson, Christy Turlington (Smoke), New York City, 1990, Platinum 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 .