Books
Message to the Future $55
This is the first edition, 288 page Ten by Twelve-inch catalogue of Lyon’s retrospective catalogue beautifully produced by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Authored by Julian Cox, with an essay by Elizabeth Sussman, and exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2016. This book features the finest reproductions of Lyon’s vintage photographs from the 1960’s and 70’s. A gorgeous book of montages, and family albums.
Bleak Beauty offers this book for the special price of $55 includes shipping. All copies are signed by the photographer and creator Danny Lyon.
The Story of Sam $35
Based on Kafka’s “Report to the Academy” The Story of Sam was written by an Australian Shepard that lived his life in the Hudson Valley of New York State, but died at the edge of a highway in Sandoval County, New Mexico.
Heavily illustrated with SX 70’s, Polaroid’s and Album photos of Sam and Lily, his Brittany Spaniel confidant, Sam’s ability to write was so highly regarded that he was posthumously voted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The site of his death along highway 528 has long been considered a shrine for lovers of dogs and photo-literature. This beautiful printed edition, limited to one thousand copies is exclusively available from Bleak Beauty. Purchase The Story of Sam
Burn Zone $30
(Very few copies left)
A Cri de Coeur directed at the artist community and our youth asking them to join the fight to save planet Earth.
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Read online Burn Zone (.pdf)
Like a Thief’s Dream $29
“I do not know of a book that cuts into and reveals the prison system and the subtle strange fates and characters of the guys. Not Mailer or Capote. Like your pictures you have a way of just letting the reality do the talking eloquently.” Peter di Lissovoy
The amazing story of the bank robber and convicted murderer Jimmy Ray Renton and his escape from the Arkansas State Prison.
Non-fiction. 190 pages with sixteen pages of photographs. Ask for a signed copy.
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Deep Sea Diver
An American Photographer’s Journey in Shanxi, China (Limited Edition), A facsimile travel journal and photobook of photographer Danny Lyon’s unique experience in a disappearing China.
Memories of Myself
Essays by Danny Lyon, Compelling photo-essays from a remarkable career.
