{"product_id":"danny-lyon-the-destruction-of-lower-manhattan-9781597114943","title":"Danny Lyon: The Destruction of Lower Manhattan","description":"\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1969, \u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Lower Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular, lasting document of nearly sixty acres of downtown New York architecture before its destruction in a wave of urban development.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After creating the series The Bikeriders and moving back to New York in 1966, Lyon settled into a downtown loft, becoming one of the few artists to document the dramatic changes taking place. Lyon writes, \"Whole blocks would disappear. An entire neighborhood. Its few last loft occupying tenants were being evicted, and no place like it would ever be built again.\" Through his striking photographs and accompanying texts, Lyon paints a portrait of the people who lived there, of rooms with abandoned furniture, children's paintings, empty stairwells. Intermingled within the architecture are portraits of individuals and the dem¬olition workers who, despite their assigned task, emerge as the surviving heroes. Danny Lyon's documentation of doomed facades, empty interiors, work crews, and remaining dwellers still appeals to our emotions more than fifty years later, and Aperture's reissue retains the power of the original. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This facsimile of \u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Lower Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e has been produced and published in partnership with Fundación ICO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLyon, Danny:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDanny Lyon\u003c\/b\u003e (born in New York, 1942), regarded as one of the most influential documentary photographers, is also a filmmaker and writer. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Movement\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eThe Bikeriders\u003c\/i\u003e (1968, reissued by Aperture, 2014), \u003ci\u003eConversations with the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003eKnave of Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eLike a Thief 's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eDeep Sea Diver\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). Lyon's work is widely exhibited and collected, and he has been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships twice, National Endowment for the Arts grants numerous times, and a 2011 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism.","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160040370450,"sku":"9781597114943","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_678f861f-8845-4e16-9d30-ba2230b1311f.jpg?v=1775032427","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/danny-lyon-the-destruction-of-lower-manhattan-9781597114943","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}