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Danny Lyon
Six-Wing Cell Block

1968/2011

About the Item

Huntsville, Texas, 1968 / Printed 2011 The Ramsey prison farm is set on 16,000 acres of Brazos River bottomland about 30 miles south of Houston and is populated by 1400 men. The prison is divided into a newer and older unit—Ramsey One and Ramsey Two. Gelatin silver print Signed and dated in pencil, verso 11 x 14 inches, sheet This photograph from Lyon's book, "Conversations with the Dead," is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Danny Lyon was born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Kew Gardens, Queens. He studied history at the University of Chicago, and graduated with a B.A. in 1963. Lyon is best-known for his images of the Civil Rights Movement, outlaw motorcyclists, and prisoners in Texas penitentiaries. Lyon received the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship for photography in 1969, and for film making in 1979.
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