Fred lyon photographer biography

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï ," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and André Kertész, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Native happily admits his debt to those icons.

An obituary and tribute to Fred Lyon, who died of lung cancer on Aug. 22 at his Cow Hollow home in San Francisco.

Now 88, his nonstop career reaches back to the early 1940s and embraced news, fashion, architecture, advertising, and food. In the golden years of magazines his picture credits were everywhere from Lifeto Vogue. Lyon still maintains a lust for life, and is now combining his extensive picture files for galleries, publishers, and print collectors.

Source: Peter Fetterman Gallery

Fred Lyon is a time traveler with a camera and tales to tell.

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Fred Lyon was an American photographer.

Fred Lyon, the charming photographer who epitomized the best of the elan and spirit of his native San Francisco, died on August 22, at home.

This former Lifemagazine photographer and fourth generation San Franciscan has an eye for the city and stories to match. We showed photos from Fred's books San Francisco, Portrait of a City: 1940-1960and San Francisco Noir, and images spanning his diverse career.

In conversation he'll discuss his art, work, and