Danny Lyon Art
American, b. 1942
Brooklyn native Danny Lyon received a BA in history in 1963 from the University of Chicago, where he served as staff photographer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. A self-taught photographer, he traveled with the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle club in 1965-1966 and published his pictures of the club members as The Bikeriders (1968). Since 1967 he has been an independent photographer and an associate at Magnum, and he has made films since 1969. Lyon has received Guggenheim Fellowships in photography and filmmaking, and his work has been included in many major exhibitions, including Toward a Social Landscape at the George Eastman House. His first solo exhibition was held at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to The Bikeriders, Lyon has published a number of photographic books based upon his experiences with a group of people or in a particular place, among them The Movement (1964), about the Civil Rights movement, and Conversations with the Dead (1971), a study of life in Texas prisons. Among the films he has produced are Social Services 127, Los Niños Abandonados, and Little Boy. Personal participation in the lives of his subjects is vital component to Danny Lyon's photography. His subjects often deviate from societal norms, yet he is dedicated to communicating their character and sensibility honestly, sympathetically, and nonjudgmentally; for him this requires firsthand knowledge of their experiences. Whereas in his earlier work he seemed to withhold his own personality from the images in order to emphasize that of his subjects, his recent work includes more of himself. Lyon has consistently produced effective, sincere documents of real people's lives that have inspired many photographers since the 1960s.to
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Artist: Danny Lyon
Bob Dylan Behind the SNCC Office, 1963
By Danny Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Signed in pencil on Verso
Gelatin silver print
Image: 22 1/2" x 15, Paper: 24" x 20, Matted: 24" x 30"
Category
1960s Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bob Dylan Behind SNCC Office, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1963
By Danny Lyon
Located in Toronto, ON
4" x 5" Unframed
Closed Edition Photograph
MAGNUM Photography
Hand Signed by Danny Lyon
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Archival Paper, C Print, Digital
Crossing the Ohio near Louisville
By Danny Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Danny Lyon (born 1942), is a self-taught American photographer and filmmaker. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he is also credited as an accomplished writer to accompany his photographs. He stu...
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1960s Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas 1967-69 by Danny Lyon, Gelatin Silver Print
By Danny Lyon
Located in Denton, TX
Shakedown, Ramsey Unit, Texas 1967-69 by Danny Lyon is a black and white gelatin silver print, depicting a nude black man standing in front of a Texas Ranger. The man stands with his...
Category
1960s Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Heat Exhaustion, Ellis Unit, Texas
By Danny Lyon
Located in Denton, TX
Signed, titled, dated and misc. notations by Danny Lyon
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 3/4 x 13 in.
Category
1960s Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Crossing the Ohio (from ‘The Bikeriders’), Danny Lyon Motorcycle Photography
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph of a man on a motorcycle in Ohio driving over a river bridge taken by Danny Lyon in the 1960s.
Signed and dated, verso; Also studio stamp, vers...
Category
1960s Contemporary Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Three Young Men
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Chicago, 1963 / Printed 2009
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 100 + 5 APs)
Signed and numbered by the artist
11 x 14 inches, sheet size
9 x 9 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
In 1963, Danny Lyon spent time in a poor white area of Chicago called Uptown. Nicknamed ‘hillbilly heaven’, it was a very tough and deprived neighborhood. With a borrowed Rolleiflex...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Inside Kathy
s Apartment
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Chicago, 1963 / Printed 2009
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 100 + 5 APs)
Signed and numbered by the artist
11 x 14 inches, sheet size
7.75 x 11.75 inches, image size
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
In 1963, Danny Lyon spent time in a poor white area of Chicago called Uptown. Nicknamed ‘hillbilly heaven’, it was a very tough and deprived neighborhood. With a borrowed Rolleiflex camera...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Two Years, Burglary
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Huntsville, Texas, 1968 / Printed 2011
Ferguson is a prison for young men, ages 17-21.
Gelatin silver print
Signed and dated in pencil, verso
11 x 14 inches, sheet
This photograp...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
The Yard
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Huntsville, Texas, 1968 / Printed 2011
The Walls is a walled penitentiary. It is the oldest unit of the system and is located near the center of the town of Huntsville.
Gelatin sil...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Six-Wing Cell Block
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Huntsville, Texas, 1968 / Printed 2011
The Ramsey prison farm is set on 16,000 acres of Brazos River bottomland about 30 miles south of Houston and is populated by 1400 men. The pri...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Cell Block
By Danny Lyon
Located in New York, NY
Huntsville, Texas, 1968
The Ramsey prison farm is set on 16,000 acres of Brazos River bottomland about 30 miles south of Houston and is populated by 1400 men. The prison is divided ...
Category
1960s American Modern Danny Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
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