- Danny Lyon ©Dektol.wordpress.com, courtesy Etherton Gallery
In my high school teaching days, I did a ten year stint as a photography/photojournalism teacher, which I enjoyed thoroughly (I love the smell of Fixer in the morning!). So going to the Etherton Gallery, 135 S. 6th Ave., is always a pleasure. The photos regularly on display in the back areas of the gallery make my knees weak — some of the greatest photos in the history of the medium, the kind of work you travel to fine museums to see. They’re always worth a visit.
Through March 15, you can see a stirring exhibit in the main gallery area, “Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.” Timed, I’m sure, for Black History Month, these are photos from 1962-1964 taken by the first staff photographer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a 20 year old Danny Lyon. Gripping work.
You can see a few of the photos after the break.
- Danny Lyon ©Dektol.wordpress.com, courtesy Etherton Gallery
- Danny Lyon ©Dektol.wordpress.com, courtesy Etherton Gallery
- Danny Lyon ©Dektol.wordpress.com, courtesy Etherton Gallery
This article appears in Feb 13-19, 2014.
Our cousin James Meredith integrated Ole Miss~~as children growing up in Tucson the television coverage of these events in the South were shockingly vivid. Perhaps it meant more knowing our family was somehow involved….MUST go view this