Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement silas-finch The evocative images and poems

The evocative images and poems collected in Eros & Thanatos conjure memories of love and loss

But neither is darkness allowed to swallow the bitter sweet moments of disclosure

66 duotone plates

The first time

This splendid large format book is a graphic tour de force presentation of these fine photographs

Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement silas-finch The evocative images and poemsIn the summer of 1962, Danny Lyon packed a Nikon Reflex and an old Leica in an army bag and hitchhiked south. Within a week he was in jail in Albany, Georgia, looking through the bars at another prisoner, Martin Luther King Jr. Lyon soon became the first staff photographer for the Atlanta based Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which already had a reputation as one of the most committed and confrontational groups fighting for civil