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Selected Works12

At Ole MissUniversity of Mississippi as James Meredith tried to enroll as first black student
At Ole MissUniversity of Mississippi as James Meredith tried to enroll as first black student
1962
SNCC Staff SitIn Atlanta John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein the pastries Stokely Carmichael standing at right The Movement Together photographs Silver prints the first image measuring/x/ inchesx cm the sheet slightly larger and the second/x/ inchesx cm the sheetx inchesx cm the first with Lyons signature and extended title in pencil and his Bleak Beauty stamp with his initials and dates also in pencil on verso and the second with Lyons signature two credit stamps and additional notations in pencil on verso the first with a Gavin Browns enterprise label on frame verso
SNCC Staff SitIn Atlanta John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein the pastries Stokely Carmichael standing at right The Movement Together photographs Silver prints the first image measuring/x/ inchesx cm the sheet slightly larger and the second/x/ inchesx cm the sheetx inchesx cm the first with Lyons signature and extended title in pencil and his Bleak Beauty stamp with his initials and dates also in pencil on verso and the second with Lyons signature two credit stamps and additional notations in pencil on verso the first with a Gavin Browns enterprise label on frame verso
1963
Arrest on Federal Building Steps, Selma, Alabama
Arrest on Federal Building Steps, Selma, Alabama
1963
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi Delta
1963
Selected images from "Conversations with the Dead"
Selected images from "Conversations with the Dead"
1967
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, 1962-64
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, 1962-64
2003
Portfolio titled The Destruction of Lower Manhattan, 1967
Portfolio titled The Destruction of Lower Manhattan, 1967
2005
Knoxville, 1967
Knoxville, 1967
2007
Crossing the Ohio, 1966
Crossing the Ohio, 1966
2008
James Baldwin Speaks at Freedom Day, Selma, Alabama, 1963
James Baldwin Speaks at Freedom Day, Selma, Alabama, 1963
2010
Selected Images, 1963
Selected Images, 1963
2014
Cal Elkhorn WI, 1966
Cal Elkhorn WI, 1966
2014
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Galleries4

#60 Hamburg Kennedy Contemporary
#87 Howard Greenberg Gallery
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#151 Jakson Fine Art
#184 The Hulett Collection
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College Chicago will host an exhibition titled “If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Gr…
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Past Exhibitions9

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#87 Howard Greenberg Gallery

Danny Lyon The Texas Prison Photographs

Danny Lyon

41 E 57th St 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Dec 5, 2025 — Jan 31, 2026

#184 The Hulett Collection

Thirty Photographs (1962 - 1980)

Danny Lyon

Jun 29, 2024 — Aug 24, 2024

#138 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon: American Odyssey Birmingham to Bernalillo

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Mar 2, 2023 — Apr 15, 2023

#79 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Danny Lyon Vintage Works

Danny Lyon

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Nov 9, 2017 — Dec 23, 2017

#138 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon: Journey

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Sep 9, 2016 — Oct 15, 2016

#138 Edwynn Houk Gallery

Danny Lyon | Conversations with the Dead: Vintage Prints

Danny Lyon

693 5th Ave 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, United States

Sep 9, 2015 — Oct 17, 2015

Akron Art Museum

Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders

Danny Lyon

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308, USA

Jan 26, 2013 — Apr 26, 2013

#79 Fahey/Klein Gallery

Danny Lyon Forty Years

Danny Lyon

148 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States

Jul 15, 2004 — Oct 4, 2004

#88 Cirrus Gallery

“Photographs of Prison Life” and “The Bike RIders”

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2011 South Santa Fe Avenue

Oct 24, 1978 — Nov 25, 1978

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Art Fair Appearances3

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Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2019
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Beyond the Mountains: Danny Lyon’s Photography in Haiti
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if emmett till lived exhibition mocp chicago sarah lewis 1234767619
Dec 19, 2025
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museum artists 2726456
Dec 17, 2025
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon The Texas Prison Photographs
Dec 5, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
Dec 2, 2024
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Exhibition
Thirty Photographs (1962 - 1980)
Jun 29, 2024
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2023
Sep 8, 2023
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon: American Odyssey Birmingham to Bernalillo
Mar 2, 2023
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2019
Jun 13, 2019
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon Vintage Works
Nov 9, 2017
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon: Journey
Sep 9, 2016
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon | Conversations with the Dead: Vintage Prints
Sep 9, 2015
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders
Jan 26, 2013
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Exhibition
Danny Lyon Forty Years
Jul 15, 2004
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Exhibition
“Photographs of Prison Life” and “The Bike RIders”
Oct 24, 1978
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Danny Lyon born
Jan 1, 1942