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Danny Lyon

American · b. 1942 · Photographer

Danny Lyon is an American photographer and filmmaker. (Wikipedia)

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The BikeridersPhillips · Apr 2024$50,800≈ £40,158≈ €46,812Sign up to see
Selected Images of Bikeriders and ChicagoPhillips · Oct 2018$25,000≈ £19,253≈ €21,735Sign up to see
Policemen, Clarksdale, MississippiPhillips · Oct 2016$25,000≈ £19,659≈ €22,300Sign up to see

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Danny Lyon, Knoxville, 1967, gelatin silver print — Knoxville, 1967
Rago Auctions · May 5, 2026
$5,120Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, The Stoplight Café, Cicero, 1966, Gelatin silver print — The Stoplight Café, Cicero, 1966
Phillips · Apr 11, 2026
$5,418Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Abandoned Room, NYC, gelatin silver print — Abandoned Room, NYC
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 10, 2026
$762Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, 'Brando + Baldwin, March on Wash, Aug 1963' (Marlon Brando and James Baldwin), 1963, Gelatin silver print — 'Brando + Baldwin, March on Wash, Aug 1963' (Marlon Brando and James Baldwin), 1963
Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026
$2,432Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Main Corridor After Work (from 'Conversations with the Dead'), c. 1967-69, Gelatin silver print — Main Corridor After Work (from 'Conversations with the Dead'), c. 1967-69
Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026
$1,664Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, 'Bolivia' (El Alto, La Paz), 1980, Gelatin silver print; signed — 'Bolivia' (El Alto, La Paz), 1980
Bonhams · Jan 22, 2026
$461Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Chicago, 1961, Vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper — Chicago, 1961
Lempertz · Dec 3, 2025
€945Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee, 1966, Gelatin silver print — Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee, 1966
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$3,840Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, 'The Cotton Pickers, Ferguson Unit, TDC, Texas' (from 'Conversations with the Dead'), 1968, Gelatin silver print — 'The Cotton Pickers, Ferguson Unit, TDC, Texas' (from 'Conversations with the Dead'), 1968
Bonhams · Oct 10, 2025
$2,816Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Route 12, Wisconsin (from the Bikeriders series), gelatin silver print — Route 12, Wisconsin (from the Bikeriders series)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 31, 2025
$3,302Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Indiana Dunes (from the Bikeriders series), Cibachrome print — Indiana Dunes (from the Bikeriders series)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 31, 2025
$1,143Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Jack (from the Bikeriders series), gelatin silver print — Jack (from the Bikeriders series)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 31, 2025
$2,032Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, A friend at Home in Juarez, 1977, Gelatin silver print — A friend at Home in Juarez, 1977
Lempertz · May 30, 2025
€945Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Funeral (SNCC), c. 1963-64, vintage gelatin silver print — Funeral (SNCC), c. 1963-64
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2024
$1,890Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Pictures from the New World (Special Edition) — Pictures from the New World (Special Edition)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 12, 2024

Danny Lyon, IRT 2, NYC, 1979-1980, Gelatin silver print, printed 1991 — IRT 2, NYC, 1979-1980
Phillips · Dec 10, 2024
$5,080Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Uptown, 1965, Twenty-four gelatin silver prints, printed 1999 — Uptown, 1965
Phillips · Oct 9, 2024
$21,590Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Bob Dylan Behind the SNCC Office, Mississippi, gelatin silver print — Bob Dylan Behind the SNCC Office, Mississippi
Bonhams · Jul 25, 2024
$1,664Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, March on Washington, August, 1963, Gelatin silver print, printed 1990 — March on Washington, August, 1963
Phillips · Apr 5, 2024
$3,810Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Leslie, Knoxville, 1967, Gelatin silver print, printed 2001 — Leslie, Knoxville, 1967
Phillips · Apr 5, 2024
$4,826Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Knoxville (boy with puppy), 1967, Gelatin silver print, printed 2000 — Knoxville (boy with puppy), 1967
Phillips · Apr 5, 2024
$3,556Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, The Bikeriders, 1963-1966, A suite of 50 gelatin silver prints, printed 2006 — The Bikeriders, 1963-1966
Phillips · Apr 4, 2024
$50,800Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio, Louisville, gelatin silver print on Agfa paper — Crossing the Ohio, Louisville
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 8, 2024
$3,528Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Hernandez Nosey, gelatin silver enlargement print — Hernandez Nosey
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Dec 1, 2023
$756Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, IRT 2, NYC, 1980/2000, Späterer Gelatinesilberabzug auf Agfa — IRT 2, NYC, 1980/2000
Van Ham · Jun 21, 2023
€1,188Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Albany, Georgia (from the Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement series), 1962, vintage gelatin silver print — Albany, Georgia (from the Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement series), 1962
Rago Auctions · May 23, 2023
$4,032Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, I.R.T Subway, NYC, 1980, gelatin silver print — I.R.T Subway, NYC, 1980
Wright · Apr 20, 2023
$3,276Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee, 1966, Gelatin silver print, printed 2012 — Memorial Day Run, Milwaukee, 1966
Phillips · Oct 12, 2022
$10,080Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, SNCC Staff Sit-In, Atlanta, John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein (+ the pastries), Stokely Carmichael standing at right, gelatin silver print — SNCC Staff Sit-In, Atlanta, John Lewis behind Mendy Samstein (+ the pastries), Stokely Carmichael standing at right
Rago Auctions · Sep 14, 2022
$4,000Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, The Movement, 1969, gelatin silver print — The Movement, 1969
Rago Auctions · Sep 14, 2022
$1,750Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio, Louisville, 1966, Gelatin silver print, printed 2010 — Crossing the Ohio, Louisville, 1966
Phillips · Apr 6, 2022
$5,292Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. Aus der Serie „The Bikeriders“ 1963–1966, 1966, Vintage. Silbergelatineabzug — From Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. Aus der Serie „The Bikeriders“ 1963–1966, 1966
Grisebach · Dec 1, 2021
€4,375Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Showers, Diagnostic Unit, Texas (from the Conversations with the Dead series), 1967-69, silver gelatin print — Showers, Diagnostic Unit, Texas (from the Conversations with the Dead series), 1967-69
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Oct 24, 2021
$2,500Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, SNCC Staff Sit-in, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963, Gelatin silver print, printed 1999 — SNCC Staff Sit-in, Atlanta, Georgia, 1963
Phillips · Oct 14, 2020
$6,250Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Chicago, Northside Beach, 1965, gelatin silver print — Chicago, Northside Beach, 1965
Wright · Apr 23, 2020
$455Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio near Louisville, 1966, Gelatin silver print, printed later — Crossing the Ohio near Louisville, 1966
Phillips · Oct 25, 2019
£5,000Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Chicago, Northside Beach, 1965, gelatin silver print — Chicago, Northside Beach, 1965
Wright · Oct 17, 2019
$500Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Selected Images, 1966-1968, Three gelatin silver prints, printed 1995 — Selected Images, 1966-1968
Phillips · Oct 1, 2019
$20,000Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Selected Images of Muhammad Ali, 1970, Three gelatin silver prints — Selected Images of Muhammad Ali, 1970
Phillips · Oct 1, 2019
$7,500Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Selected Images of Bikeriders and Chicago, 1963-1966, Nine gelatin silver prints, printed circa 1965-1984 — Selected Images of Bikeriders and Chicago, 1963-1966
Phillips · Oct 4, 2018
$25,000Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, The Arrest of Taylor Washington, Leb's Restaurant, Atlanta, 1963, Gelatin silver print, printed 1967 — The Arrest of Taylor Washington, Leb's Restaurant, Atlanta, 1963
Phillips · Oct 3, 2017
$3,750Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Alba, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1972, Gelatin silver print — Alba, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1972
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Mar 5, 2017
$2,000Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Policemen, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1963, Gelatin silver print — Policemen, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1963
Phillips · Oct 5, 2016
$25,000Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Route 12, Wisconsin, 1963, Gelatin silver print, printed 2008 — Route 12, Wisconsin, 1963
Phillips · Oct 5, 2016
$10,625Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio River, Louisville, 1966, Gelatin silver print, printed 1993 — Crossing the Ohio River, Louisville, 1966
Phillips · Nov 6, 2015
£1,875Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Horse in the Ditch, Llanito, New Mexico, 1976, Gelatin silver print — Horse in the Ditch, Llanito, New Mexico, 1976
Bonhams · Jul 20, 2014
$375Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, Crossing The Ohio River, 1966, gelatin silver print — Crossing The Ohio River, 1966
Wright · Apr 26, 2012
$1,500Sign up free to see

Danny Lyon, A FRIEND AT HOME IN JUAREZ, Gelatin silver print — A FRIEND AT HOME IN JUAREZ
Lempertz · Dec 5, 2009
€1,440Sign up free to see

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