Danny Lyon - film maker photographer

Danny is a film maker who takes up his own subjectivity as a personal banner. There is no hidden observer, look into the shot and you will always see the shadow of the film maker.  A film without its shadow is like a secret code never revealed.

"Among a group of revolutionaries whose work rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s and transformed the nature of documentary photography (...) the idea of conscience has been imbedded more deeply in Mr. Lyon’s photographs than in those of all but a few of his contemporaries."

Extract from a great article on Danny Lyon in the NEW YORK TIMES here.