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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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Picture Experience" regarding the snapshot as "authentic picture form." Lyons also organized the exhibitions
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930:"The Photographer's Eye"
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412:Whiteout: Dead man poems
393:Publications with others
360:After 9/11: Photographs.
203:Lyons's own photography
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