Danny Lyon

Danny Lyon
Lyon speaks at a Bernie Sanders presidential rally in Chicago, March 2019
Born (1942-03-16) March 16, 1942 (age 82)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Notable workThe Bikeriders, The Destruction of Lower Manhattan, Conversations With The Dead, I Like To Eat Right On The Dirt, Like A Thief's Dream, The Seventh Dog, Deep Sea Diver, Indian Nations
MovementNew Journalism
Websitewww.bleakbeauty.com

Danny Lyon (born March 16, 1942)[1] is an American photographer[2] and filmmaker.[3]

All of Lyon's publications work in the style of photographic New Journalism,[4] meaning that the photographer has become immersed in, and is a participant of, the documented subject. He is the founding member of the publishing group Bleak Beauty.

After being accepted as the photographer for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Lyon was present at almost all of the major historical events during the Civil Rights Movement.[5]

He has had solo exhibits at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] the Menil Collection, the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. Lyon twice received a Guggenheim Fellowship; a Rockefeller Fellowship,[citation needed] Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism;[7] and a Lucie Award.[8]

  1. ^ Alan Griffiths. "Calendar". Luminous Lint. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  2. ^ Helmore, Edward (15 May 2012). "Danny Lyon: 'I put myself through an ordeal in order to create something'". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (20 April 2014). "Danny Lyon's inside shots". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. ^ Seymour, Tom (2 October 2016). "Major Danny Lyon retrospective comes to London". British Journal of Photography. Apptitude Media. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Photographing the Civil Rights Movement: Danny Lyon and Julian Bond". Proof. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  6. ^ "Danny Lyon". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Missouri Honor Medal Winners: Individuals". Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 honorees". Lucie Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2015.