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Books
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Journey West -
$65 hardback
$45 softback
Message to the Future - $65
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement - $70
Indian Nations - $70
I Like to Eat Right on the Dirt - $60
American Blood - $45
Destruction of Lower Manhattan - Spanish - $49
The Story of Sam - $25
Burn Zone - $30
Like a Thief's Dream - $25
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John Lewis, Bernie Sanders, “What is the Truth?”

Posted by dektol on February 13, 2016 · 20 Comments

47,851 have visited this site since we posted the pictures I made of young Bernie Sanders in 1962. They came looking for the truth. Three major news organizations have used a photograph I made of Bernie Sanders as a twenty year old student at the University of Chicago to attack his campaign and to denigrate … Continue reading →

Filed under Essays · Tagged with Bernie for president, Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders Civil Rights, civil rights photography, CORE, Danny Lyon, Feel the Bern, John Lewis, photo journalism, Photograph of Bernie, Photography, Sanders, Sit-In, SNCC, University of Chicago

SNCC 50th Anniversary, Raleigh, NC

Posted by dektol on April 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment

My name is Danny Lyon. In the summer of 1962 I hitch hiked to Cairo Illinois where I met John Lewis, and saw and photographed my first demonstrations. Within days I reached Albany, Georgia where I met James Forman. When Forman understood that I had come from Chicago to photograph the Movement, he sent me … Continue reading →

Filed under Essays · Tagged with civil rights photography, John Lewis, Raleigh SNCC 50th anniversary, SNCC

Films
The Films of Danny Lyon - Vimeo, DVD, and 16mm print rental
After his ground breaking work as a photojournalist in the 1960’s, Danny Lyon turned to films, making a series of non-fiction films in the 1970’s and 1980’s. With the recent recognition of the 2016 de Young/Whitney retrospective, funds were provided to preserve these remarkable 16mm films. High resolution digital scans were made from the original A&B negative rolls under the close supervision of the artist. The DVD covers themselves, first made for VHS tapes, have been recognized for their power and realism, and are on display at the San Francisco Museum of Art show which opened November 3^rd, 2016.
Interested in screening films by Danny Lyon? For booking inquiries please contact: Rebecca Lyon rlyon(a)chicagofilmsociety(dot)org
16mm prints of certain films are available for rental, please contact Anthology Film Archives for more information
The entire body of Danny Lyon 16mm film work can also be streamed on Vimeo. The sixties meets the twenty first century.
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SNCC
Willie
Born to Film
Dear Mark
El Otro Lado
Little Boy
Llanito
Los Ninos Abandonados
Media Man
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