In response to the tragic events of September 11, photographer Nathan Lyons—known for his honest and often questioning depictions of American culture—has created a poignant portfolio of images. Photographing in small towns and large cities, Lyons has captured the extreme and often confusing variety of responses—from deep reverence to blatant commercialization—manifested by ordinary Americans. One will marvel, for instance, at the myriad uses of the American flag.
This provocative sequence of images with multiple messages is powerfully coherent and strangely disturbing. In the tradition of Robert Frank’s The Americans, these photographs will engage audiences to question the responses to this horrific event in the context of our complicated society, along with memorializing the tragic loss of so many innocent lives.
Distributed for the Yale University Art Gallery
- ISBN10 0300101821
- ISBN13 9780300101829
- Publish Date 11 August 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9780300101829