San Francisco Noir: Photographs by Fred Lyon

Author:   Fred Lyon ,  Fred Lyon
Publisher:   Princeton Architectural Press
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9781616896515


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   10 October 2017
Format:   Hardback
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San Francisco Noir: Photographs by Fred Lyon


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Following in the footsteps of classic films like The Maltese Falcon and The Lady from Shanghai, veteran photographer Fred Lyon creates images of San Francisco in high contrast with a sense of mystery. In this latest offering from the photographer of San Francisco: Portrait of a City 1940-1960, Lyon presents a darker tone, exploring the hidden corners of his native city. Images taken in the foggy night are illuminated only by neon signs, classic car headlights, apartment windows, or streetlights. Sharply dressed couples stroll out for evening shows, drivers travel down steep hills, and sailors work through the night at the old Fisherman's Wharf. Stylistically many of the photographs are experimental-the noir tone is enhanced by double-exposures, elements of collage, and blurred motion. These strikingly evocative duotone images expose a view of San Francisco as only Fred Lyon could capture.

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Author:   Fred Lyon ,  Fred Lyon
Publisher:   Princeton Architectural Press
Imprint:   Princeton Architectural Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 28.40cm
Weight:   1.390kg
ISBN:  

9781616896515


ISBN 10:   1616896515
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   10 October 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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No photographer has better captured the allure of San Francisco in all its foggy, cinematic splendor than Lyon, the fourth-generation San Franciscan who is now 93. His latest book assembles 200 black-and-white images of what is largely a lost world of jazz clubs, seedy streets and everyday working-class life. - San Francisco Chronicle Fred Lyon captured misty, melancholy San Francisco over a period of 75 years, and the results are absolutely captivating. [...] The beautiful photo-book, which is bound in sumptuous dark blue cloth, comprises Lyon's photographs of the hilly city taken over 75 years..Each photograph in San Francisco Noir boasts a singular allure, and a distinct ability to transport the viewer to Lyon's city's bygone era - a brand of gloomy-yet-delightful escapism that is a most enjoyable way to start off a mundane week. - AnOther Magazine Before San Francisco was synonymous with tech money and progressive politics, there were other versions of the city. The version that Fred Lyon celebrates in his new book is a classic-San Francisco full of smoky jazz clubs, neon lights in the fog and sharply dressed men and women stepping on and off of trolley cars. Made mostly during the 1950s and '60s, Lyon's images are big on atmosphere and style, and hit many parts of the city that visitors love. - Photo District News


Fred Lyon captured misty, melancholy San Francisco over a period of 75 years, and the results are absolutely captivating. [...] The beautiful photo-book, which is bound in sumptuous dark blue cloth, comprises Lyon's photographs of the hilly city taken over 75 years..Each photograph in San Francisco Noir boasts a singular allure, and a distinct ability to transport the viewer to Lyon's city's bygone era - a brand of gloomy-yet-delightful escapism that is a most enjoyable way to start off a mundane week. - AnOther Magazine Before San Francisco was synonymous with tech money and progressive politics, there were other versions of the city. The version that Fred Lyon celebrates in his new book is a classic-San Francisco full of smoky jazz clubs, neon lights in the fog and sharply dressed men and women stepping on and off of trolley cars. Made mostly during the 1950s and '60s, Lyon's images are big on atmosphere and style, and hit many parts of the city that visitors love. - Photo District News


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Fred Lyon studied under famed photographer Ansel Adams and has been called 'San Francisco's Brassai'. A lifelong resident of San Francisco, he has contributed to numerous fashion, home, and garden magazines. His work has been exhibited in San Francisco at the Museum of Modern Art, the Legion of Honor Museum, and the Leica Gallery, as well as the Art Institute of Chicago, and was the subject of a Life magazine retrospective.

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