Danny Lyon: Beekman Street, Sunday morning; Ginco, Tonto, Frankie, John Jr., and Nelson, after exploring the buildings, 1967
From fansinaflashbulb blog, this Danny Lyon photograph was made 51 years ago. The human interest captured at the precise moment that Sunday morning in 1967 when it was taken feels to have grown exponentially as one wonders how their lives played out.
I didn't recognise this as a picture by Danny Lyon, it is strongly reminiscent of the famous Paul Strand image, The Family, Luzzara, Italy, which Lyon presumably knew and admired, which was made in 1953, before most if not all of these boys were born. A different time, a different continent, similar poverty, but to the five boys in the Lyon pictures life somehow seems satisfactory.
I didn't recognise this as a picture by Danny Lyon, it is strongly reminiscent of the famous Paul Strand image, The Family, Luzzara, Italy, which Lyon presumably knew and admired, which was made in 1953, before most if not all of these boys were born. A different time, a different continent, similar poverty, but to the five boys in the Lyon pictures life somehow seems satisfactory.
