Fred Lyon Photography

American, b. 1927

Known as “San Francisco’s Brassa,” Fred Lyon is a San Francisco native whose photographs have appeared in magazines such as Life, Look, Sports Illustrated, and Vogue. Lyon studied with Ansel Adams, and his photographs over the years have included news, fashion, advertising, and jazz. He’s photographed Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins as well as dock workers, kids playing on the city’s famously steep Kearny Street, and fishermen in Sausalito. He has explored every corner of his hometown over the years, including photographing bridge painters touching up the Golden Gate Bridge, graphic black-and-white photographs of the city’s neighborhoods and architecture, and images of San Francisco at night.

Artist: Fred Lyon

Fred LyonFoggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA, 1953

$10,000

Foggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Native happily admits his debt to those icons.   Now at eighty-eight years old, his nonstop career reaches back to the early 1940s and embracing news, fashion, architecture, advertising, and food. In the golden years of magazines, his picture credits were everywhere from LIFE to VOGUE. He is now combining his extensive picture files for galleries, publishers, and print collectors. c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonSan Francisco. 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, 1950s'. Book & Signed Print, 2022

$1,500

San Francisco. 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, 1950s'. Book & Signed Print

By Fred Lyon

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An epic pictorial history of the City by the Bay Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the city from the mid–nineteeth century to the present day. Enjoy eye-catching views of the city’s most enduring landmarks and symbols: the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, the picturesque trams that wind up and down the famously steep hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco’s counterculture movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also featured prominently: the beats of North Beach, the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, the gay communities of Castro, and the Black Panthers of neighboring Oakland. Some of the city’s most famous residents also make appearances: Robin Williams, The Grateful Dead, Angela Davis...

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Mid-20th Century Fred Lyon Photography

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Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment

Fred LyonSan Francisco Ballet Backstage, 1957

$5,000

San Francisco Ballet Backstage

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonFog Along Embarcadero, 1948

$5,000

Fog Along Embarcadero

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonTelegraph Hill, Top of Union Street, c. 1950

$7,500

Telegraph Hill, Top of Union Street

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonHuntington Hotel, 1958

$7,500

Huntington Hotel

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonJones and O'Farrell Street Line, 1946

$5,000

Jones and O'Farrell Street Line

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Slim AaronsSlim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood', 1957

$1,800

H 10 in W 12 in

Slim Aarons 'Kings of Hollywood'

By Slim Aarons

Located in New York, NY

Film stars (left to right) Clark Gable (1901 - 1960), Van Heflin (1910 - 1971), Gary Cooper (1901 - 1961) and James Stewart (1908 - 1997) enjoy a joke at a New Year's cocktail party ...

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1950s Modern Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Ralph Eugene MeatyardCranston Richie, 1964/1974

$3,800

H 15 in W 12 in

Cranston Richie

By Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Located in New York, NY

From a portfolio of ten gelatin silver prints from original Meatyard negatives (1959-71) Printed April 1974 Edition of 130 Credit stamp, verso 7 x 7 inches, image 15 x 12 inches, mount This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “This image probably owes some of its inspiration to the abnormal characters in the stories of Flannery O’Connor’s 1955 collection, "A Good Man is Hard to Find." But Meatyard was also looking at Giorgio de Chirico and the European Surrealists and here employs their penchant for the lifeless mannequin figure. A headless dressmaker’s dummy...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Baldur TryggvasonWhite Andalusian Horse - Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print, 2025

$2,500

H 40 in W 40 in

White Andalusian Horse - Limited Edition Oversize Silver Gelatin Print

By Baldur Tryggvason

Located in London, GB

'White Andalusian Horse' by Baldur Tryggvason A beautiful close up image of a white Andalusian horse dramatically silhouetted against a black backgro...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Richard HeepsFish and Chips Van Square, Haddenham - English Vintage Countryside Color Photo, 1993

$966

H 33.47 in W 33.47 in D 1.97 in

Fish and Chips Van Square, Haddenham - English Vintage Countryside Color Photo

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

A classic British fish & chips van, on a classic English day Haddenham Steam Rally Country Fair, photograph by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss phot...

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1990s Contemporary Fred Lyon Photography

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellDancer Steven-Jan Hoff photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972

$900Sale Price|50% Off

H 11 in W 14 in D 0.2 in

Dancer Steven-Jan Hoff photographed nude for After Dark magazine

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

Dancer Steven-Jan Hoff photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1972. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. American photographer Jack Mitchell (192...

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1970s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellHusband and wife nude models, Marcus and Debbie Williamson nude for After Dark, 1973

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Husband and wife nude models, Marcus and Debbie Williamson nude for After Dark

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

Husband and wife nude models, Marcus and Debbie Williamson photographed for After Dark magazine, 1973. Vintage silver gelatin exhibition photograph made by Jack Mitchell. American p...

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1970s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellNick Caturano and Carol Amink, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell, 1972

$875Sale Price|50% Off

H 14 in W 11 in

Nick Caturano and Carol Amink, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

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1970s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellMarcus and Debbie Williamson photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine, 1973

$900Sale Price|50% Off

H 14 in W 11 in

Marcus and Debbie Williamson photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

Husband and wife Marcus and Debbie Williamson photographed nude for 'After Dark' magazine in 1973. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mi...

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1970s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellArtist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971

$875Sale Price|65% Off

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Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet and friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Artist/Warhol Superstar Ultra Violet, with friends Jason McCoy and Ron Caran, 1971, nude, photographed in 1971 in New York City. Comes d...

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1970s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellWarhol Superstars Candy Darling & Dorian Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell, 1971

$1,000Sale Price|50% Off

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Warhol Superstars Candy Darling & Dorian Gray nude, signed by Jack Mitchell

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Warhol Superstars Candy Darling and Dorian Gray (nude) for 'After Dark' magazine, 1971 Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes...

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1960s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellDancer and Choreographer Louis Falco nude, signed by Jack Mitchell, 1966

$962Sale Price|45% Off

H 14 in W 11 in

Dancer and Choreographer Louis Falco nude, signed by Jack Mitchell

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

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1960s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Jack MitchellNude male model multiple exposure with plant leaves, signed by Jack Mitchell, 1971

$900Sale Price|50% Off

H 14 in W 11 in

Nude male model multiple exposure with plant leaves, signed by Jack Mitchell

By Jack Mitchell

Located in Senoia, GA

Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. Mounted on archival board and signed in pencil. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master...

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1970s Pop Art Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Previously Available Items

Fred LyonSan Francisco. 'Union Square, Post Street, 1947'. Signed, Black & White Print, 2022

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H 20 in W 16 in

San Francisco. 'Union Square, Post Street, 1947'. Signed, Black & White Print

By Fred Lyon

Located in Los Angeles, CA

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Mid-20th Century Fred Lyon Photography

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Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment

Fred LyonOpening Night at the Opera, San Francisco, 1949

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Opening Night at the Opera, San Francisco

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Na...

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1940s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonCable Car Line, San Francisco, 1959

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H 14 in W 11 in

Cable Car Line, San Francisco

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Na...

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1950s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonOpening Night at the Opera, San Francisco, 1949

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H 20 in W 16 in

Opening Night at the Opera, San Francisco

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Opening Night at the Opera, San Francisco 1949 Gelatin Silver print Signed & titled in pencil on verso. 16 x 20 inches. Matted to 20 x 24 inches. Additional sizes available.

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1940s Fred Lyon Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonRichard Diebenkorn, 1958

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H 20 in W 16 in

Richard Diebenkorn

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

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