Danny Lyon’s Civil Rights Photography Humanist and documentary photography offer a poignant and intimate view of moments of history. Like the images from the FSA photographers capturing the worry and despondency of those living in America’s dust bowl, photographers present for the Civil Rights movement in the following decades showcased the urgency and anguish of the moment. Danny Lyon served as the first staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and pioneered a mode of photojournalism in which the photographer is deeply embedded with his subjects. Lyon traveled to the South in 1962 and documented sit-ins, protests, marches, and the key figures associated with the movement. The resulting imagery became a key factor in disseminating information, and images remain deeply felt and powerful today, both art, important documents of history, journalism, and meaningful tools. Below we share a small selection of these images on offer in our February 10, 2022 sale. Danny Lyon, James Baldwin Speaks at Freedom Day, Selma, Alabama, silver print, 1963, printed 2010. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500. Danny Lyon, SNCC Staff Sit-In, Atlanta, John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein (+ the pastries), Stokely Carmichael standing at right, silver print, 1963–64. Offered together with the image below. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. Danny Lyon, The Movement, silver print, 1969. Offered together with the image above. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. Related Reading: Listen to Tapes of a 1961 Interview with Leaders of the Atlanta Student Movement Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking to the SCLC Board in 1968 Danny Lyon, At Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) as James Meredith tried to enroll as first black student, silver print, 1962. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000. Danny Lyon, March on Washinton, silver print, 1963, printed 2009. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000. Do you have photographs by Danny Lyon we should take a look at? Learn about how to consign to an auction, and send us a note about your item. Share Facebook Twitter February 7, 2022Author: Deborah RogalCategory: Photographs & Photobooks Tags: African Americana civil rights movement Danny Lyon Documentary Photography Humanist Photography James Baldwin John Lewis March on Washington Mendy Samstein Photographs & Photobooks SNCC Stokely Carmichael Previous Deborah Rogal’s Specialist Picks: 5 Photographs from the 70th Anniversary Sale Next Records & Results: 70 Years of Photographs at Swann Recommended Posts Rare Vintage Print of Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’ Brings $305k in October 2022 Auction of Fine Photographs Photographs & Photobooks October 24, 2022 2021: Year in Review Swann December 22, 2021 The Pride Sale LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History May 3, 2019