Danny Lyon

(American, born 1942)

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Danny Lyon

Benny, Grand and Division, Chicago, 1966

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Danny Lyon

Domino Players, Walls Unit, TDC, 1967

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Danny Lyon

Six Wing, Ramsey, 1968

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Danny Lyon

Uptown Chicago, 1965

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Danny Lyon

Funny Sonny Packing with Zipco, Milwaukee, 1967–printed: 1983

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Biography

Timeline

1963
B.A. History, University of Chicago
1982
National Endowment for the Arts, Southwest Alternate Media Project, production grant, for WILLIE
1983
National Endowment for the Arts, photography fellowship
1985
New York Federation of the Arts, film
Ann Arbor Film Festival Award, for BORN TO FILM
New York State Council for the Arts, film
1989
National Endowment for the Arts, film production grant, for MEDIA MAN
1990
Rockefeller Fellowship, film, for MEDIA MAN
1994
Gustav Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights Award, MEMORIES OF THE SOUTHERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Maine Photographic Workshop Award, MEMORIES OF THE SOUTHERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Exhibitions

2006
“Far from Queens”, Musrara School, The Cinemateque, Jerusalem
2005
PIP, Ping Yao, Shanxi Province, China
“The Destruction of Lower Manhattan”, Museum of the City of New York
“Unpublished”, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
2003
“Danny Lyon, Forty Years”, Gallerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
“The Bikeriders: Pictures and Audio from the 1960’s”, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2002
“Heart Butte”, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
“Danny Lyon: Photographs, 1962-2000”, The Art Institute of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000
“Danny Lyon: Born to Lose”, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
1999
“Danny Lyon: Indian Nations,” A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans