Simple Pleasures: The Model as Muse
“To be a muse is to be a wonder in someone else’s eyes, flaws and all” — L.H. Cosway
George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst Torso, Paris, 1931, Platinum/Palladium Photograph
George Hurrell, Joan Crawford, c. 1930s, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Melvin Sokolsky, With Chair II, 1963, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum
George Daniell, Audrey Hepburn with Cat, c. 1955, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph
Joyce Tenneson, Suzanne and Snake, 1, 1991, Archival Pigment Photograph
Shahrokh Hatami, Coco Chanel, 1962-69, Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph
Arthur Elgort, Kate Moss in Los Angeles, CA, Vogue, 1995, Archival Pigment Photograph
Roy Schatt, James Dean (from the Torn Sweater series), 1954, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Dianne Blell, Teasing the Bathers, c. 2000-2007, Archival Pigment Photograph
Horst P. Horst, Lisa with Harp, 1939, Platinum/Palladium Photograph
Jim Lee, Loli, Red Shoes, 2010, C-Type Color Photograph
John Loring, Paloma, Venice, 1967, Archival Pigment Photograph
Kimiko Yoshida, Painting (Nefertiti – “The Beautiful One Has Arrived” – Queen of Ancient Egypt), Self Portrait, 2010, Archival Pigment Photograph on Canvas
Barbara Morgan, Martha Graham – Letter to the World, Kick, 1940, Silver Gelatin Photograph
William Wegman, Netted, 1987, Unique Polaroid Photograph
Brian Duffy, Up the Hill Backwards, 1979, Archival Pigment Photograph
Edouard Boubat, Lella de face sur un bateau, Bretagne, France, 1947, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Lawrence Schiller, Marilyn Monroe, 1962, 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 .