NATHAN LYONS
SELECTED ESSAYS, LECTURES, AND INTERVIEWS
EDITED BY
JESSICA s. MCDONALD
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, AUSTIN Contents
Foreword David Coleman ix
Acknowledgments Jessica S. McDonald xi
Introduction: Persistence of Vision Jessica S. McDonald 1
Part I: Artist
Photographs 1958-1960 Nathan Lyons 36
"Comment" in Under the Sun: Nathan Lyons 38 The Abstract Art of Camera Vision i960
Photographs from the Urban Landscape project Nathan Lyons 40 1957-1965
Statement in Notations in Passing, 1970: Nathan Lyons 42 Photographs by Nathan Lyons from the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1971
Introduction to Notations in Passing, 1970: James Borcoman 43 Photographs by Nathan Lyons from the Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1971
Photographs from the sequence Nathan Lyons 46 Notations in Passing 1974
From a review of Notations in Passing: Penny Cousineau 50 Visualized by Nathan Lyons 1976
From "Nathan Lyons" 1979 Thomas Dugan 54
Photographs from the sequence Nathan Lyons 60 Riding Is' Class on the Titanic! 1999
From "Messages in a Bottle" 1986 Bob Rogers 64
v Preface to Riding 1" Class on the Titanic! Adam D. Weinberg 70 Photographs by Nathan Lyons 1999
"Subtle Juxtapositions from a Vicki Goldberg 72 Diffident Force for Change" 2000
"Homage to Nathan" 2003 Keith A. Smith 75
Photographs from the sequence After 9/11 2003 Nathan Lyons 84
"Concerning the Power of the Preposition: Leroy F. Searle 88 The Photographs of Nathan Lyons" 2004
"The Book of the Dead Man Marvin Bell 96 (Sign Language)" 2011
Photographs from the sequence Return Your Mind Nathan Lyons 98 to Its Upright Position in progress
Part II: Curator, Critic,Theorist
"To the Spirit of a Time: Nathan Lyons 105 In Consideration" i960
Foreword to Photography '63: Nathan Lyons 109 An International Exhibition 1963
Foreword to Photography '64: Nathan Lyons 111 An Invitational Exhibition 1964
Introduction to Aaron Siskind: Nathan Lyons 113 Photographer 1965
From an unpublished interview Nathan Lyons 118 with Paul Strand 1965
"Critic's Choice: 'Meaning Must Come Nathan Lyons 122 from the Picture Itself" 1965
From an unpublished conversation with Nathan Lyons 125 Garry Winogrand and Simpson Kalisher 1966
Introduction to Photographers on Photography: Nathan Lyons 136 A Critical Anthology 1966
Introduction to Toward a Social Landscape 1966 Nathan Lyons 139
"Photography and the Picture Experience" 1967 Nathan Lyons 143
vi Nathan Lyons Introduction to Photography in the Nathan Lyons 165 Twentieth Century 1967
Introduction to The Persistence of Vision 1967 Nathan Lyons 167
"Focused on Protest" 1968 William D. Tammeus 169
Introduction to Vision and Expression 1969 Nathan Lyons 172
"Collecting Photographs as Picture Resources Nathan Lyons 174 for Research" 1975
"Sequential Considerations" 1975 Nathan Lyons 179
"Les Krims" 1976 Nathan Lyons 190
"The Photographic Sequence" 1980 Nathan Lyons 195
From "Photography as Modern Art: The Candida Finkel 200 Influence of Nathan Lyons and John Szarkowski on the Public's Acceptance of Photography as Fine Art" 1981
From "Nathan Lyons on the Snapshot" 1992 Robert Hirsch 209
From Trace and Transformation: Joel Eisinger 215 American Criticism of Photography in the Modernist Period 1995
From "Lyons, Szarkowski, and the Perception of Anne Wilkes Tucker 220 Photography" 2007
Part III: Educator
From "The Workshop Idea Nathan Lyons 226 in Photography" 1961
"A Joint Program in Photographic Studies / Nathan Lyons 231 State University of New York at Buffalo & George Eastman House" 1968
From "'Photography Is Not an Art: Barbara Confino 234 It Is a Model of Perception'" 1973
"Triangulating Misology:. To Mistake the Nathan Lyons 238 Trappings of Intellectual Authority for Its Substance'" 1979
From "Interview with Nathan Lyons" 1990 Joan Fontcuberta 244
vii From "Nathan Lyons: An Interview" 1997 Maria Antonella Pelizzari 251
From "Testimonials from Students of the Anne Wilkes Tucker, 259 Visual Studies Workshop" 1999 James Borcoman, Mark Klett, and Willis Hartshorn
A Selection of Visual Studies Workshop Projects 264
Nathan Lyons: Chronology 267
Selected Bibliography 272
Index 277
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