Silverstein Photography is honored to present Nathan Lyons: TRILOGY, an extensive exhibition ofpublished photographic works spanning the influential career of the noted photographer, critic, author, curator and educator. Featuring approximately 100 prints, each selected and juxtaposed by the artist, TRILOGY is an epic investigative journey into American culture. Transporting the viewer sequentially through each one of his publications, Notations in Passing, Riding 1st Class on the Titanic! and After 9/11, TRILOGY offers the rare opportunity to sample Lyons’ life work.
TRILOGY commences its journey in 1962, when at the age of 32, Lyons switched to a 35mm camera. Formally educated in literature and drama, and newly appointed as Associate Director and Curator of Photography of the George Eastman House, Lyons began to explore the use of language in imagery, by incorporating signage, advertisement and posters, to form visual metaphors. Along with the other photographers of his generation such as Gary Winogrand and Lee Friedlander (who’s first one man exhibition was organized by Lyons in 1963), Lyons’ “snap shots” of the American landscape explored fragments of contemporary culture. In addition, he became increasingly aware of the dialectic nature of sequencing. Notations in Passing is considered a seminal photographic publication for this reason.
TRILOGY commences its journey in 1962, when at the age of 32, Lyons switched to a 35mm camera. Formally educated in literature and drama, and newly appointed as Associate Director and Curator of Photography of the George Eastman House, Lyons began to explore the use of language in imagery, by incorporating signage, advertisement and posters, to form visual metaphors. Along with the other photographers of his generation such as Gary Winogrand and Lee Friedlander (who’s first one man exhibition was organized by Lyons in 1963), Lyons’ “snap shots” of the American landscape explored fragments of contemporary culture. In addition, he became increasingly aware of the dialectic nature of sequencing. Notations in Passing is considered a seminal photographic publication for this reason.
