Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

© Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos

Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
ArtistAmerican, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • from the series The Southern Civil Rights Movement
Date1963
Place depictedBirmingham, Alabama, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (22.5 × 33.3 cm)
 Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael and Jeanne Klein in memory of Willie and Georgia Lindsey
Object number99.400
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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left corner in pencil "#15"
verso bottom center in pencil "Danny Lyon"
verso bottom right corner a stamp with pencil additions "Printer / Kelton / BLEAK BEAUTY / 1963 Picture Date 1996 Print Date"

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Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Crowds Wait Along the Funeral Route of the Girls Murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
1963
Gelatin silver print
99.399
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Highway Patrolmen, Outside the Site of the Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church, Where Four Young Girls Were Murdered
1963
Gelatin silver print
99.398
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Just Before He Spoke at the Funeral of the Four Murdered Girls
Danny Lyon
Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Just Before He Spoke at the Funeral of the Four Murdered Girls
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.703
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
Danny Lyon
Nashville, Tennessee, 1962, Sit-in, Lester MacKinney, Bernice Reagon and John O'Neal
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.394
Mexican News
Alfred Jones
Mexican News
c. 1851
Engraving with watercolor on wove paper
B.93.26
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
Danny Lyon
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, Demonstrators at the "All White" Swimming Pool
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.387
The Heiress
Liverpool School
The Heiress
c. 1860s
Oil on canvas
B.99.13
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
Danny Lyon
Cairo, Illinois, 1962, The Public Swimming Pool Has Been Changed into a "Private Pool" in Order to Remain Segregated
1962
Gelatin silver print
99.386
Route 90, Alabama
Danny Lyon
Route 90, Alabama
1964
Gelatin silver print
2002.1562
Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
Danny Lyon
Ruleville, Mississippi, 1964, Gwen Gillon, a SNCC Staff Member from Alabama, Conducts a Literacy Class During Freedom Summer, 1964
1964
Gelatin silver print
2003.1101
Selma, Alabama, 1963, The Entrance to the City Cafe
Danny Lyon
Selma, Alabama, 1963, The Entrance to the City Cafe
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.704
Selma, Alabama, 1963, Sheriff Jim Clark Arrests Two Young Men Demonstrating for Voter Registration on the Steps of the Federal Building
Danny Lyon
Selma, Alabama, 1963, Sheriff Jim Clark Arrests Two Young Men Demonstrating for Voter Registration on the Steps of the Federal Building
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.705