Simple Pleasures: The Magic, The Unreal and The Uncanny
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” —Roald Dahl
Jamie Baldridge, A Confluence of Arbitrary Ideas, 2007, Archival Pigment Photograph
Bernard Faucon, La chambre qui brule, Evolution Probable du Temps, 1981, Fresson Photograph
Brassai (Gyula Halasz), Parade D’Un Spectacle De Fete Foraine, Boulevard Saint-Jacques, Paris, 1931, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Karin Hillmer, The Armillary Emerges Quietly from the Depths of the Universe, 2009, Archival Pigment Photograph
Marcus Leatherdale, Harlequin IV, The Thinker, 1989, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Olivier Richon, Arkwright Mills at Night, After Joseph Wright of Derby, Imitatio Sapiens Series, 1987, C-Type Color Photograph
Jo Whaley, Heliconiidae: Heliconius, 2008, Archival Pigment Photograph
Brassai, Untitled (Woman with Cat Mask), 1930s, early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Nick Vedros, Magic Carpet Ride, 1996, Ultrachrome ink on Somerset Velvet Watercolor Paper
Thomas Kelly, Aghori, (Kathmandu, Nepal), 2002 Lambda Color Photograph
Arthur Tress, Bride and Groom, 1970, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Bernard Faucon, Le Magicien, Les Grandes Vacances, 1979, Fresson Photograph
Sandy Skoglund, The Wild Inside, 1989, Archival Pigment Photograph
Javier Silva Meinel, Llama en las Alturas, Ayacucho, Peru, 1993, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Fritz Henle, Mme. Niska, Paris, France, 1938, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Paulette Tavormina, Expectations, 2017, 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 .