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American Blood - $45
Destruction of Lower Manhattan - Spanish - $49
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Occupy Thanksgiving 2011

Posted by dektol on November 24, 2011 · 2 Comments

In fifty years of traveling, of talking with, of photographing people I have often wondered “Is America a Country?” The disparity of culture, of wealth, of a people often at odds with each other makes me wonder what is it that unites us, if anything?
Our history is divided between the 16th … Read more

Filed under Essays · Tagged with American History, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, SNCC, Un Occupy Albuquerque

Occupy

Posted by dektol on October 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The credo of bleakbeauty.com, which was created twelve years ago, includes the words “Is this what we have done with our freedom? Our greatest surviving value is greed”. On July 24 this blog praised NYC as “the finest definition of our Democracy.” One month later, in NYC Occupy Wall Street created a living heart in … Read more

Filed under Essays · Tagged with film, Immegration, Media, Occupy Wall Street, Photography, Prison

“Blood in the Streets” – Live Audio

Posted by dektol on October 5, 2011 · 6 Comments

“Blood in the Streets” As Danny Lyon made a brief speech upon receiving the Missouri Honor Medal in Journalism, an award also given that night to David Fanning of Frontline, and previously to Winston Churchill, Walter Cronkite and Christine Amanpour, Lyon paused and drifted from his prepared text called “What is the Truth?” “I just … Continue reading →

Filed under Essays · Tagged with Demonstrations, Missiouri Honor Medal in Journalism, Occupy Wall Street

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.
View Bleak Beauty Films on Vimeo
SNCC
Willie
Born to Film
Dear Mark
El Otro Lado
Little Boy
Llanito
Los Ninos Abandonados
Media Man
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