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in 1974. This book is the first instance of Lyons's creative exploration of the extended meaning forged from reading his photographs as diptychs contained within a larger sequence. In 1978 one of his images was included in the seminal exhibition "Mirrors and
Windows" at MoMA. In 1987 he exhibited an
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Marietta, Georgia. In 1954 following honorable discharge from the Air Force he returned to Alfred University where he majored in English literature and minored in
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Studies Workshop and began his series After 9/11, which he completed in 2003. In 2006 he exhibited his three completed series: Notations in Passing, Riding First Class on the Titanic! and After 9/11 in the exhibition, "Trilogy" at
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is a nonprofit membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of photography and related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight. In 1969 Lyons resigned from George
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his first solo exhibition in 1963. Lyons's curatorial aim was to promote the notion of a photographer's distinct "point of view" and individual creative motivations. Additionally, Lyons validated and defined the
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magazine. In 1960 he was appointed assistant director and began a series of exhibitions on the work of young contemporary photographers. At this time he was also named the regional editor of
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magazine published by George
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and further explored the aesthetic in his lecture "Photography and the
Picture Experience" regarding the snapshot as "authentic picture form." Lyons also organized the exhibitions
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Howard Greenberg Gallery, 2008. Photographs by Minor White.
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early version of this series called Verbal Landscape at the
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Under the Sun: The Abstract Art of Camera Abstraction.
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Eye Mind Spirit: The Enduring Legacy of Minor White.
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The Sense of Abstraction in Contemporary Photography
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Photographers on Photography. A Critical Anthology.
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314:Notations in Passing: Visualized by Nathan Lyons.
253:. His work was also included in the exhibition,
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209:Under the Sun: The Abstract Art of Camera Vision
636:. University of Texas Press. Accessed May 2014.
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193:John Wood: On the Edge of Clear Meaning,
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708:"In Memoriam: Nathan Lyons, 1930–2016"
682:"Famed photographer Nathan Lyons dies"
408:. With an introduction by Glyph Press.
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596:2016: Honoree: Visionary Award, The
238:, New York. In 1971 Lyons exhibited
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556:Riding First Class on the Titanic!
422:. Photographs by Lyons, poetry by
334:Rochester, NY: Focal Point, 1980.
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266:Riding First Class on the Titanic!
244:He published his first major book
167:Society for Photographic Education
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274:Nathan Lyons: A Survey, 1957–2000
207:In 1960 Lyons published the book
332:Nathan Lyons: Works in Progress.
259:Los Angeles County Museum of Art
186:New York Foundation for the Arts
1013:"George Eastman House Curators"
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232:Photography in the Fine Arts IV
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66:In 2000 Lyons received the
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902:"The Sense of Abstraction"
889:Photo Exhibit Opens Monday
874:"John Wood: Quiet Protest"
833:"Nathan Lyons (1930-2016)"
414:Revere, PA: Lodima, 2011.
236:Metropolitan Museum of Art
151:The Persistence of Vision,
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448:New York: Horizon, 1967.
426:. Edition of 3000 copies.
282:Bruce Silverstein Gallery
251:Albright Knox Art Gallery
930:"The Photographer's Eye"
442:, 1966. Edited by Lyons.
412:Whiteout: Dead man poems
393:Publications with others
360:After 9/11: Photographs.
203:Lyons's own photography
172:Visual Studies Workshop
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563:Corcoran School of Art
475:Vision and Expression.
228:The Photographer's Eye
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1036:Nathan Lyons: Trilogy
712:George Eastman Museum
308:Publications by Lyons
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593:, Alfred, New York.
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1000:2014-11-29 at the
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957:Photography Review
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131:snapshot aesthetic
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