Reviews
"Stunning.. photographer Fred Lyon, now 90, magnificently captured the enticing noir decadence of San Francisco's Barbary Coast and the majesty of the rest of the city." -BoingBoing Holiday Gift Guide, "Lyon captures the seaside metropolis decades before the dot-coms invaded and rents skyrocketed, documenting everywhere from Chinatown's fish markets to Telegraph Hill's gorgeous homes to sailboats near Alcatraz to Union Square flower stands. Most compelling of all are his images of the city's residents: fishermen, artists, jazz musicians, ballerinas, clowns outside strip clubs, Lion dancers on the Chinese New Year; kids riding makeshift skateboards in the streets." -FastCompany.com, "Barkers and sidewalk vendors, fishermen and longshoremen. These are people one doesn't see much anymore in San Francisco, but they fill the pages of Fred Lyon's vibrant and invaluable new book of photography, San Francisco, Portrait of a City 1940-1960" -SFGate.com, "Stunning.. photographer Fred Lyon, now 90, magnificently captured the enticing noir decadence of San Francisco's Barbary Coast and the majesty of the rest of the city." -BoingBoing Holiday Gift Guide -- -, "At 90, Fred Lyon is a legendary San Franciscan photographer. He is now known for capturing the ethereal feel of the city and its people, but in the 1940s and '50s, Lyon was scrabbling to gain a footing in the magazine industry. Luckily, it was a good time to do so: San Francisco was entering a new golden age, consumed by a post-World War II hunger for creative expression. His new book, San Francisco, is a portrait of the city bursting with life, from its streets to its stores to its grandest palaces of art and culture." -Slate.com, "Barkers and sidewalk vendors, fishermen and longshoremen. These are people one doesn't see much anymore in San Francisco, but they fill the pages of Fred Lyon's vibrant and invaluable new book of photography, San Francisco, Portrait of a City 1940-1960" -SFGate.com -- -, "At 90, Fred Lyon is a legendary San Franciscan photographer. He is now known for capturing the ethereal feel of the city and its people, but in the 1940s and '50s, Lyon was scrabbling to gain a footing in the magazine industry. Luckily, it was a good time to do so: San Francisco was entering a new golden age, consumed by a post-World War II hunger for creative expression. His new book, San Francisco, is a portrait of the city bursting with life, from its streets to its stores to its grandest palaces of art and culture." -Slate.com -- -, "Lyon captures the seaside metropolis decades before the dot-coms invaded and rents skyrocketed, documenting everywhere from Chinatown's fish markets to Telegraph Hill's gorgeous homes to sailboats near Alcatraz to Union Square flower stands. Most compelling of all are his images of the city's residents: fishermen, artists, jazz musicians, ballerinas, clowns outside strip clubs, Lion dancers on the Chinese New Year; kids riding makeshift skateboards in the streets." -FastCompany.com -- -