Throughout a career spanning over fifty years, Lyon took countless photographs documenting social reality and bearing unmistakable witness to the political battles of half a century – while also seamlessly fusing his photographic work with moving images and the written word. This unusual take on the world using photography, film, and literature as tools makes him unique in the history of American photography.
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Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street New York, NY 10014
September 16, 2017 to December 03, 2017
