Cell block, 1967-1969

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11 x 13 15/16 in. (27.94 x 35.37 cm) Image: 8 1/8 x 12 in. (20.64 x 30.48 cm)
Accession Number: 95.43.71
Credit: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Photography Collection

Collection

Danny Lyon
Andy, meeting at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinoisc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Benny at the Stoplight, Cicero, Illinoisc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Benny, Grand and Division, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Brucie, his CH, and Crazy Charlie, McHenry, Illinoisc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Chopper, Milwaukeec. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Cockroach and his family, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Corky and Funny Sonny, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Corky at an Apache dance, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Corky at home, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Dave and Rawhide (Columbus Outlaws), Elkhorn, Wisconsinc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Field meet, Lond Island, New Yorkc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Frank Jenner, La Porte, Indianac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
From Dayton to Columbus, Ohioc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Funny Sonny packing with Zipco, Milwaukeec. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Gaucho field meet, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Johnny Davis’ scrapbookc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Johnny Goodpaster, Hobart, Indianac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
New york Eddie’s, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Racer, Griffin, Georgiac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Racer, Schererville, Indianac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Renegade’s funeral, Detroitc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Riders’ Meeting, Elkhorn, Wisconsinc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Ronnie and Cheri, La Porte, Indianac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Route 90, Alabamac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Sante Fe track, Chicagoc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Scrambles track, McHenry, Illinoisc. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Sparky and Cowboy (Gary Rogues), Schererville, Indianac. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Torello Tachhi’s back, Loudon, New Hampshirec. 1960s
Danny Lyon
Haitian women, March 19863/1986
Danny Lyon
A girl at the ocean, Cap Haitian1986
Danny Lyon
A girl in the market1986
Danny Lyon
An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute throws looter down a flight of stairs1986
Danny Lyon
An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute with an Uzi machine gun harasses a crowd1986
Danny Lyon
Baby Doc. Defaced mural in Léogâne1986
Danny Lyon
Bolevard Jean Jacques Dessalines, Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Canadians at the Copa Club1986
Danny Lyon
Cap Haitian1986
Danny Lyon
Cap Haitian. The ruins of an office of the Tontons Macoute1986
Danny Lyon
Croix des Bossales (The Slave Market), Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Dawn on February 7th. As news spreads that Jean-Claude Duvalier is gone, a soldier disarms a Tonton Macoute1986
Danny Lyon
Demonstrator shot in the January 31 manifestation being interviewed by a Dutch journalist. Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Dominicans at the Copa Club1986
Danny Lyon
Dominoes at the Fiesta Club1986
Danny Lyon
February 7th, Port-au-Prince. Students wave green branches and pieces of uniforms torn from the Tontons Macoute as they enter the capitol on a tap-tap1986
Danny Lyon
Gonaïves, February 9, 19861986
Danny Lyon
Haiti, 1983-19861986
Danny Lyon
January 31, the first manifestation in Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Manifestations before the palace demand the end of the military junta1986
Danny Lyon
Manifestations before the palace demand the end of the military junta1986
Danny Lyon
Papa Doc. Defaced mural in Léogâne1986
Danny Lyon
Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Revolutionaries from Gonaïves hunt the Tontons Macoute, Gros-Morne1986
Danny Lyon
Series of 4: Women on Mules1986
Danny Lyon
Simone Duvalier. Defaced mural in Léogâne1986
Danny Lyon
The Market, Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
The Market, Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
The mural at the Copa Club1986
Danny Lyon
The niece of a Tonton Macoute is taken prisoner during a search for her uncle, Gros-Morne1986
Danny Lyon
The revolutionary flag flies as Gonaïves celebrates February 10th1986
Danny Lyon
The soldier is greeted as hero. February 7th, Port-au-Prince1986
Danny Lyon
Two youths imitate the Tontons Macoute during Mardi Gras, Gonaïves1986
Danny Lyon
Women that sell food outside the Copa Club reenact the attacks upon the Tontons Macoute1986
Danny Lyon
Women that sell food outside the Copa Club reenact the attacks upon the Tontons Macoute1986
Danny Lyon
Women wait to plant a field above Jacmal1986
Danny Lyon
Gloria - Santa Marta1972
Danny Lyon
Aaron Evert Jones, life, habitual criminal1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Age 18, six years, theft; Age 18, three years, burglary; Age 18, four years, forgery1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Boss1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Building shakedown1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cell block1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cell block table1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cell of two Chicano convicts1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Classroom. Fifteen years, seven years, and a convict teacher, fifteen years1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Clearing land1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Condemned man1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Contents of arriving prisoner’s wallet1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Convict1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Convict and boss1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Convict in prison twenty calendar years, life sentence. Speaking is forbidden in the dining room.1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cotton picker; life sentence, robbery1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cotton picker; ten year, robbery and assault1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cotton pickers1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Day room1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Day room1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Dining room1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Dining room1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Dog boy1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Education department1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Entering prison1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Entering prison, seven years and life1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Entering prison, two years for burglary, ten years for robbery1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Forty-five years, robbery1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Guns are passed to the picket tower; the line returns from work1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Heat exhaustion1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Hoe sharpener and the line1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Hoe squad1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Inmate outside warden’s office, about to be transferred by local authorities1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Jones and Raymond Jackson, ten years, robbery1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Main corridor1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Main corridor1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Main corridor after work1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Main entrance to The Walls1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Meal line1967-1969
Danny Lyon
New arrivals from Corpus Christi1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Norris Mundy, from Montreal; five years and an eight-year federal hold1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Prison tattoos1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Ramsey1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Return from the fields1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Return from the fields, shakedown at the rear gate. Twice every work day.1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Schizophrenic inmate, imprisoned twenty years.1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Seven years flat on a twenty-year sentence1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Shakedown1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Shakedown1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Shakedown1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Shakedown, main corridor1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Showers1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Six-wing cell block1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Texas prison rodeo1967-1969
Danny Lyon
The electric chair1967-1969
Danny Lyon
The line1967-1969
Danny Lyon
The line1967-1969
Danny Lyon
The line, Ramsey Two1967-1969
Danny Lyon
The line. Twenty-five, five, thrity-five, forty and fifteen years1967-1969
Danny Lyon
The yard1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Three convicts1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Two convicts1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Two years, burglary1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Untitled (Inmate in white shirt, number 9 on adjacent wall)1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Untitled (Inmate with shaved head in white uniform)1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Untitled (Inmate with tatoo on arm, looking through bars)1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Untitled (landscape shot out of car window)1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Visiting room1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Waiting to weigh cotton1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Water boy1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Watering a boss1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Weight-lifters1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Young boss1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Young convict about to discharge a ten-year sentence. Apparatus to open cells1967-1969
Danny Lyon
Cal, Elkhorn, Wisconsin1966
Danny Lyon
Cal, Springfield, Illinois1966
Danny Lyon
Club house during the Columbus run, Dayton, Ohio1966
Danny Lyon
Crossing the Ohio, Louisville1966
Danny Lyon
From Lindsey’s room, Louisville1966
Danny Lyon
Jack, Chicago1966
Danny Lyon
Johnny Davis’ scrapbook1966
Danny Lyon
Memorial Day run, Milwaukee1966
Danny Lyon
Outlaw camp, Elkhorn, Wisconsin1966
Danny Lyon
Outlaw women, Starved Rock picnic, Illinois1966
Danny Lyon
Racers, McHenry, Illinois1966
Danny Lyon
Rebegade’s funeral, Detroit1966
Danny Lyon
Seventeenth Annual World’s Largest Motorcyle Blessing, St. Christopher Shrine, Midlothian, Illinois1966
Danny Lyon
Benny and Brucie at the Stoplight Café, Chicago 19651965
Danny Lyon
Big Barbara, Chicago1965
Danny Lyon
Racers, McHenry, Illinois1965
Danny Lyon
Broken gear box spring, New Orleans1964
Danny Lyon
Route 12, Wisconsin1962
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Danny Lyon
Cowboy at Rogue’ picnic, South Chicagoc. 1960s
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Danny Lyon
Johnny Davis’ scrapbookc. 1960s
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Danny Lyon
Kathy, Chicagoc. 1960s
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Danny Lyon
Heat exhaustion1967-1969
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Danny Lyon
Shakedown before returning to the building1967-1969