Danny Lyon at Movement headquarters, Albany, Georgia

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Danny Lyon at Movement headquarters, Albany, Georgia
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1942)
Date1962, printed 2010
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 11/16 × 12 7/8 in. (22 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 10 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.5 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2016.17.31
Not on view
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Provenance 2016: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Verso (stamp, red ink with pencil): "Printer / k [in pencil] / BLEAK BEAUTY / [star] / Picture Date 62 [in pencil] Print Date 10 [in pencil]"
Signature Verso, lower right (pencil): "D Lyon"
Inscribed Verso, upper right (pencil): "DLC 39" on verso upper right in pencil
Verso, lower left (pencil): "62"
Photograph by John Bentham.
Segregated Drinking Fountains in the County Courthouse in Albany, Georgia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.11.13
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
A street in Albany
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.11
Photograph by John Bentham.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy are escorted back to jail in Albany
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.32
Photograph by John Bentham.
The Freedom Choir in the Tabernacle Baptist Church. High school students and children helped start the Selma movement
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963, printed 2010
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.37
Police Headquarters: The “Rogues Gallery”
Police Headquarters: The “Rogues Gallery”
Jacob Riis
Date: c. 1890, printed later
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.98
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Charles Sherrod and Randy Battle visit a supporter in the Georgia countryside
Danny Lyon
Date: 1963 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.18
Ralph Allen taking an affidavit from Carolyn Daniels in Terrell County, Georgia
Ralph Allen taking an affidavit from Carolyn Daniels in Terrell County, Georgia
Danny Lyon
Date: 1962; printed 2015
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.78
Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, New York
Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, New York
Unknown artist, American
Date: c. 1880
Medium: Albumen print mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2024.4.6
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Young man at wall, from the series "Uptown"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1965 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.23
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Children on ice cream vendor's box, from the series "Uptown"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1965 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.24
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Couple with newborn baby, from the series "Uptown"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1965 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.25
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Young boy outside his apartment, from the series "Uptown"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1965 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.26