Book signing Chicago

Posted by dektol on February 24, 2024 · Leave a Comment 

Danny Lyon’s new memoir, This is My Life I’m Talking About, is about to be released by the great Italian publisher, Damiani. Lyon will be at the first of a series of book signings in Chicago, near the University where Lyon’s life as a photo-journalist began. It will be followed by two more signings in … Continue reading →

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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 →

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The End of the Age of Photography (Pt. III)

Posted by dektol on February 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

The Girl with the Rolleiflex meets the Homeless Man. A young woman was walking down a wide Chicago street looking for something to photograph, hanging at her side, held in her fist, was a Rolleiflex with a 2.8, 80mm lens. She held it this way, partly to hide it and partly to have it ready … Continue reading →

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