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Danny Lyon. The March on Washington, August, 28, 1963, from the portfolio Twenty-five Photographs from the Southern Civil Rights Movement.Gelatin silver print, printed 1994.
FEW PICTURES CAPTURE the full-throttle thrill of youthful rebellion as well as Danny Lyon’s 1966 photograph of a lone motorcyclist speeding across a bridge over the Ohio River. Helmetless, he looks back over his shoulder, his hair streaming behind, his leather jacket boldly emblazoned with a skull and crossbones and his gang’s name: OUTLAWS.
On the occasion of the publication of American Blood: Danny Lyon, Selected Writings, 1961-2020 and the completion of a new feature-length film, ‘SNCC’, about the early days of the Southern civil rights movement, the photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon recently spoke with writer and editor Randy Kennedy for a talk about his life and work.
Oct 9, 2015 · In 1967, Danny Lyon drove from his home in New York to Huntsville, Texas, where, over the course of 14 months, he visited and photographed seven penitentiaries. The director of the Texas ...
Nov 13, 2023 · Danny Lyon: 100 Photographs presents 118 Danny Lyon works from his most notable and famous series including his work in six Texas prisons and time with American Midwest bikeriders in the late 1960s—respectively Conversations with the Dead and The Bikeriders. Installation view, Danny Lyon: 100 Photographs, October 18, 2023 - April 27, 2024 ...
Dec 13, 2023 · Demonstration at an all-white swimming pool, Cairo, Illinois, 1962. All photos by Danny Lyon. The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University has acquired the archive of photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon, who shot some of the most powerful and enduring images of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
Mar 30, 2023 · Taken in 1970, Danny Lyon's "Navajo Pool Room" captures three men playing pool in Gallup. Photograph courtesy of the Albuquerque Museum. Navajo Pool Room, Gallup, New Mexico, 1970. Many of Lyon’s photos have a cinematic quality, and his 1985 film, Willie, is so gorgeously composed that each frame could stand alone as a photograph.
