Danny Lyon
Subtitle: message to the future
By: Julian Cox with Elisabeth Sussman, Alexander Nemerov, Danica Willard Sachs, Ed Halter, Alan Rinzler
Contributors: Sussman, Elisabeth; Nemerov, Alexander; Willard Sachs, Danica; Halter, Ed; Rinzler, Alan; Lyon, Danny; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780300218831
Subjects: Photographers; Documentary photography; Social aspects; Photography; Artistic Photography; Biography
Other titles: Message to the future
Description: "Coming of age in the 1960s, the photographer Danny Lyon (b. 1942) distinguished himself with work that emphasized intimate social engagement. In 1962 Lyon traveled to the segregated South to photograph the civil rights movement. Subsequent projects on biker culture, the demolition and redevelopment of lower Manhattan, and the Texas prison system, and more recently on the Occupy movement and the vanishing culture in China's booming Shanxi Province, share Lyon's signature immersive approach and his commitment to social and political issues that concern those on the margins of society. Lyon's photography is paralleled by his work as a filmmaker and a writer. Danny Lyon: Message to the Future is the first in-depth examination of this leading figure in American photography and film, and the first publication to present his influential bodies of work in all media in their full context. Lead essayists Julian Cox and Elisabeth Sussman provide an account of Lyon's five-decade career. Alexander Nemerov writes about Lyon's work in Knoxville, Tennessee; Ed Halter assesses the artist's films; Danica Willard Sachs evaluates his photomontages; and Julian Cox interviews Alan Rinzler about his role in publishing Lyon's earliest works. With extensive back matter and illustrations, this publication will be the most comprehensive account of this influential artist's work"--
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of  American Art, New York, June 17--September 25, 2016 ; de Young, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, November 5, 2016--March 12, 2017 ; and two other venues.

Includes bibliographical references and index.