Simple Pleasures: Where Would We be Without Mothers

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” – Sophia Loren

Horst P. Horst, Carmen Face Massage
Horst P. Horst, Carmen Face Massage, 1946, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Willy Ronis, Avenue Simon Bolivar, Paris
Willy Ronis, Avenue Simon Bolivar, Paris, 1950, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Joyce Tenneson, Poppy Bouquet
Joyce Tenneson, Poppy Bouquet, 2000, Archival Pigment Photograph

Nick Brandt, Elephant Mother & Baby at Leg, Amboseli
Nick Brandt, Elephant Mother & Baby at Leg, Amboseli, 2012, Archival Pigment Photograph

Irving Penn, Woman Holding Child, Cuzco (Peru)
Irving Penn, Woman Holding Child, Cuzco (Peru), 1948, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph

Paulette Tavormina, Expectations
Paulette Tavormina, Expectations, 2017, Archival Pigment Photograph

Edouard Boubat, Toscane (Femme tenant un enfant a bout de bras, Italie)
Edouard Boubat, Toscane (Femme tenant un enfant a bout de bras, Italie), 1975, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Sabine Weiss, Naples
Sabine Weiss, Naples, 1955, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Eve Arnold, A Babies First Five Minutes
Eve Arnold, A Babies First Five Minutes, 1959, Early Silver Gelatin Photograph

John Dugdale, The Artist's Mother
John Dugdale, The Artist’s Mother, 1995, Toned Silver Gelatin Photograph

Sabine Weiss, Paris
Sabine Weiss, Paris, 1955, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Arthur Rothstein, Untitled
Arthur Rothstein, Untitled, Silver Gelatin Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Picnic on the Banks of the Marne
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Picnic on the Banks of the Marne, 1938, 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.