Nathan Lyons is a Rochester luminary as well as internationally renowned photographer. He spoke tonight for about an hour with very few notes at the closing party for his current show at the Spectrum Gallery in Rochester. Once you’ve seen a lot of his photos it’s easy to picture him wandering around urban areas and grabbing the “Nathan Lyon shots.” They are just out there waiting for him to click but there is much more to his work and it was a joy to hear him talk about it. And that’s the thing, it doesn’t need any explanation. He is stimulated by poetry and sees all sorts of metaphors and connections in images and develops thematic groups ofthem as books. I love his keen cultural observations but often I just love the photo the way I love a painting.
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I was influenced by Mr. Lyons work because he was just doing it. I’d go and visit the Visual Studies Workshop often. Tanya Wineberger was there then smoking English Ovals.
I wanted a show there and sent some cards like I make, and had my daughter carry a book.
Nothing happened.
I have a small show starting tomorrow in a coffeeshop nearby that will last a month.