filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
Per Leica Store SF
It is with a heavy heart that we share news of the passing of Fred Lyon (1924 - 2022), a preeminent San Francisco photographer.
Over the years, Fred has been a dear friend and collaborator with Leica Store San Francisco, sharing his black and white photographs of the Bay Area in the form of multiple exhibitions and events. Whenever Fred entered the gallery it became a space that lit up and people flocked to it in order to meet and engage with such a legendary photographer. Alex Ramos, Gallery Director of Leica Store San Francisco, shares a few thoughts about Fred in a recent blog post (link in bio) that also includes photographs from past events.
When talking about life, Fred had great advice to give, and he shared something that stuck with Alex during one of their last conversations:
“I’m so impressed with the generosity of life. If you have your sensors on, you can grab everything for the taking. Stay hungry and determined, and you will reach great heights.”
There is no doubt that Fred reached incredible heights during his rich long life, and he left us with a “grand buffet” of San Francisco photographs for future generations to remember him by. He will be greatly missed, but we look forward to sharing more of his photography with you all in the future.
All of us at Leica would like to send our condolences to Fred’s family and his wife Penny.
For those of you who might not know his work https://www.fredlyon.com/index
Being a bay area person, I've briefly met him at couple of events over the years, nice guy to say the least.
Good night mister Lyon.
It is with a heavy heart that we share news of the passing of Fred Lyon (1924 - 2022), a preeminent San Francisco photographer.
Over the years, Fred has been a dear friend and collaborator with Leica Store San Francisco, sharing his black and white photographs of the Bay Area in the form of multiple exhibitions and events. Whenever Fred entered the gallery it became a space that lit up and people flocked to it in order to meet and engage with such a legendary photographer. Alex Ramos, Gallery Director of Leica Store San Francisco, shares a few thoughts about Fred in a recent blog post (link in bio) that also includes photographs from past events.
When talking about life, Fred had great advice to give, and he shared something that stuck with Alex during one of their last conversations:
“I’m so impressed with the generosity of life. If you have your sensors on, you can grab everything for the taking. Stay hungry and determined, and you will reach great heights.”
There is no doubt that Fred reached incredible heights during his rich long life, and he left us with a “grand buffet” of San Francisco photographs for future generations to remember him by. He will be greatly missed, but we look forward to sharing more of his photography with you all in the future.
All of us at Leica would like to send our condolences to Fred’s family and his wife Penny.
For those of you who might not know his work https://www.fredlyon.com/index
Being a bay area person, I've briefly met him at couple of events over the years, nice guy to say the least.
Good night mister Lyon.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Godspeed, Fred!
I met him twice, at talks he gave in Berkeley and in San Francisco. A fascinating individual, and he made some wonderful photographs.
G
I met him twice, at talks he gave in Berkeley and in San Francisco. A fascinating individual, and he made some wonderful photographs.
G
Trask
Established
My, he did take some evocative photographs, didn't he? Sorry he's gone, but he and his photographs will certainly be remembered. My family and I moved to the Palo Alto area in 1961, when I was 9; my aunt and uncle and kids left the East Coast for SF a couple of years later, and had an apartment out towards Playland; we would drive up and visit, go to Golden Gate Park, so out to Sutro's, have a steak at Tad's Steakhouse by Union Square, etc. Mr. Lyon's photographs really bring back some memories of the feel of The City 50 years ago now.
dourbalistar
Buy more film
Sorry to hear... Here's my son checking out some of his excellent work at the Leica SF store:
2019.11.20 Roll #232-04249-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
2019.11.20 Roll #232-04249-positive.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
dourbalistar
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Perhaps an unlikely news source, but SFGATE published an obituary for Fred Lyon:
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-photographer-fred-lyon-obituary-17407578.php
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-photographer-fred-lyon-obituary-17407578.php
Disappointed_Horse
Well-known
Sad news. I have Fred's book San Francisco Noir, and it is superb—one of my favorite photo books.