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Description:Danny Lyon has long been considered one of the most original and influential documentary photographers. He emerged as a courageous participant in and recorder of the American civil rights movement during the early 1960s. Lyon pioneered the style of photographic 'New Journalism', by which he immersed himself and became a participant in his subjects' lives. This particular style of photography has influenced a generation of photographers, including such luminaries as Nan Goldin. Lyon has received much recognition for his work, including two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and ten awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is in a number of major photography collections and he has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he was the subject of a major retrospective (2007).brbrLyon's best-known bodies of work include iThe Bikeriders/i, a documentation of a Chicago outlaw motorcycle club that he followed (and photographed) on the road; and iConversations with the Dead/i, a portrayal of life in the Texas prison system. Both projects were originally published as photobooks and are among the most sought-after photobooks for collectors and photography enthusiasts. A first edition of iThe Bikeriders/i can now be found on auction sites for over $2000 and both books are among Parr and Badger's selection of the most important photobooks in history in Phaidon's iThe Photobook#58; A History, Volume I/i.brbriMemories of Myself/i presents a collection of nine of Lyon's photo essays, each including 15 to 20 photographs, published in their complete form forthe first time. These essays are accompanied by texts written by Lyon in his own distinctive voice. These short bodies of work range from his early colour work made in Colombia in 1966 to his recent work made in Cuba. Lyon's photographs are sexy, edgy, visceral, and rough; and most of the work included in this book has never been seen before. The topics of the essays include his 1966 series on the women living in a brothel in a Colombian barrio, a beautiful 1965 series on a gang of young boys from Chicago, a mesmerizing and joyful black and white series on Haiti from 1983, a humorous project on derby cars and their contestants from the late 1980s, a series on the troubled youth living in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn during the 1990s, and a stunning color series from Cuba in 2002. An introduction by Lyon gives an insight into his motivations and his career, and an interview with Hugh Edwards, the highly influential photography curator, completes the portrait of this rebellious and important figure of American photography.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memories of Myself. To get started finding Memories of Myself, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Danny Lyon has long been considered one of the most original and influential documentary photographers. He emerged as a courageous participant in and recorder of the American civil rights movement during the early 1960s. Lyon pioneered the style of photographic 'New Journalism', by which he immersed himself and became a participant in his subjects' lives. This particular style of photography has influenced a generation of photographers, including such luminaries as Nan Goldin. Lyon has received much recognition for his work, including two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and ten awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is in a number of major photography collections and he has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he was the subject of a major retrospective (2007).brbrLyon's best-known bodies of work include iThe Bikeriders/i, a documentation of a Chicago outlaw motorcycle club that he followed (and photographed) on the road; and iConversations with the Dead/i, a portrayal of life in the Texas prison system. Both projects were originally published as photobooks and are among the most sought-after photobooks for collectors and photography enthusiasts. A first edition of iThe Bikeriders/i can now be found on auction sites for over $2000 and both books are among Parr and Badger's selection of the most important photobooks in history in Phaidon's iThe Photobook#58; A History, Volume I/i.brbriMemories of Myself/i presents a collection of nine of Lyon's photo essays, each including 15 to 20 photographs, published in their complete form forthe first time. These essays are accompanied by texts written by Lyon in his own distinctive voice. These short bodies of work range from his early colour work made in Colombia in 1966 to his recent work made in Cuba. Lyon's photographs are sexy, edgy, visceral, and rough; and most of the work included in this book has never been seen before. The topics of the essays include his 1966 series on the women living in a brothel in a Colombian barrio, a beautiful 1965 series on a gang of young boys from Chicago, a mesmerizing and joyful black and white series on Haiti from 1983, a humorous project on derby cars and their contestants from the late 1980s, a series on the troubled youth living in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn during the 1990s, and a stunning color series from Cuba in 2002. An introduction by Lyon gives an insight into his motivations and his career, and an interview with Hugh Edwards, the highly influential photography curator, completes the portrait of this rebellious and important figure of American photography.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memories of Myself. To get started finding Memories of Myself, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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