Danny Lyon photographed the Jaramillo and Sanchez families in Bernalillo, New Mexico in the early 1970s. Most of the pictures in Mexico were made during the 1973 road trip with the later writer Harris Dulany.
Johnnie Sanchez as a Boy, Bernalillo, NM., 1973
Cerro Bar, New Mexico 1971
Danny Lyon photographed the Civil Rights Movement, the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle club (preceding the film Easy Rider); examined the Texas prison system, visiting and photographing five maximum-security facilities, and experimented with film-making all before he turned 30. These photographs are part of the exhibition Danny Lyon: Photographs of The American Southwest and Mexico at the Etherton Gallery.
Four Matachines, Tamazunchale, Mexico 1973
Matachine, Tamazunchale, Mexico 1973
Adobe ruin, New Mexico 1972
Gallup New Mexico, 1970
Llanito, New Mexico 1970
Biddie Costillo, De Horning a Calf, Llanito, New Mexico, 1975
Navajo Pool Room, Gallup, New Mexico, 1973
New Mexico, August, 1979
San Ysidro, New Mexico, 1971
Johnnie Sanchez as a Boy, Bernalillo, NM., 1973
Bernalillo, NM 1975
Bernalillo, NM 1971
Police station, Tamazunchale, Mexico 1973
Hotel St Regis, Mexico 1973
A Mexican Worker at Ezequel’s House, Bernalillo, NM, 1973
Guadalajara, Mexico, 1977
La Paz, Mexico, 1971
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico, 1978
Bernalillo, NM, 1971
Eddie, Llanito, NM, 1973
Mexico 1973
All images copyright Danny Lyon via Etherton Gallery.
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