Marcus Lyon Explained

Marcus Lyon
Birth Date:22 August 1965
Birth Place:Exeter, UK.
Nationality:British
Known For:A Human Atlas
Occupation:Artist and Photographer

Marcus Lyon (born 22 August 1965) is a London-based artist and photographer known for his portraiture and landscape work. Lyon is known for his research based self-published art books and exhibitions from the Human Atlas series.[1] His works and publications are held in both private and international collections, including National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution,[2] the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Menil Collection and the Arts Council of Great Britain.[3]

Life and work

Lyon was born in Exeter, UK. His father was an industrialist and his mother a writer. He received his first camera at the age of 13 as a gift. He was raised in rural England in Amberley, West Sussex. His early years were much influenced by time spent observing the artistic community built by Alan Caiger-Smith at the Aldermaston Pottery.

After studying Political Science at Leeds University founded the Glassworks Studio as an atelier and production house for his commissioned and personal work. As a portrait artist, Lyon has photographed a diverse range of public figures from Queen Elizabeth II, four British Prime Ministers, actor Bill Nighy[4] and film director Fernando Meirelles.[5]

His early work was much influenced by commissioned work for Amnesty International in Guatemala and subsequent projects with Non-Profits working with street children across South America, Africa and Asia.

His focus on social impact photography led to leadership roles at the International Children's Trust and the Consortium for Street Children where he led turn-around work to refocus the organisations. He has also served as a board director of the Somerset House Trust [6]  and Leader's Quest.[7]

After the millennium he turned his attention to his artwork and produced bodies of work on globalisation and science, such as: the BRIC's, Exodus,[8] Timeout[9] and Intersection,[10] Optogenome and Fuel series.

In 2014 Lyon he founded the Human Atlas initiative:[11] a body of work bringing science and art together through images, sound and DNA. In this work his studio creates books and exhibitions that study nominated groups of people in specified geographies through the lens of portraits, app-based image-activated soundscapes and ancestral DNA maps. To date, the team has created projects on Brazil,[12] Germany, and Detroit[13] - with two further atlases currently in production.

Publications

Exhibitions

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . 2023-04-14 . Human Atlas . en-GB.
  2. Web site: Collections: Annual Report 2016 . National Air and Space Museum . Major acquisitions in FY 2016 included ... a series of photographs by the photographic artist Marcus Lyon..
  3. Web site: Lyon, Marcus Arts Council Collection . 2023-04-14 . artscouncilcollection.org.uk.
  4. Web site: Paradise . Production . London: Glassworks - Portraiture & Celebrity Photography Spotlight Oct 2010 magazine - Production Paradise . 2023-04-14 . www.productionparadise.com . en.
  5. Web site: blogdojuanesteves . 2017-03-08 . SOMOS BRASIL >MARCUS LYON . 2023-04-14 . Tumblr.
  6. Web site: 2016-09-01 . Our Team . 2023-04-14 . Somerset House . en.
  7. Web site: Marcus Lyon . 2023-04-14 . Leaders' Quest . en-US.
  8. Coppelman . Alyssa . Strange Visions of the Hyper-Congested Megacities of the Future . en-US . Wired . 2022-11-29 . 1059-1028.
  9. News: 15 April 2015 . What Could Unchecked Global Development Look Like? Apocalyptic. . en . Bloomberg.com . 2022-11-29.
  10. Web site: ArtPremium . 17 April 2017 . Marcus Lyon : An idea leader . 2022-11-29 . ArtPremium . en-US.
  11. Web site: 5 November 2020 . Meet the extraordinary change makers from Detroit . 2022-11-29 . The Independent . en.
  12. News: Projeto com retratos e DNA de 104 brasileiros tenta desvendar 'força' de identidade nacional . pt-BR . BBC News Brasil . 2022-11-29.
  13. Web site: Hinds . Julie . Telling the story of Detroit through 100 stunning portraits of people making a difference . 2022-11-29 . Detroit Free Press . en-US.
  14. Web site: Tuna WorldCat.org . 2023-04-14 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  15. Web site: Oops, something went wrong WorldCat.org . 2023-04-14 . www.worldcat.org.
  16. Web site: Somos Brasil WorldCat.org . 2022-11-29 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  17. Web site: Lyon . Marcus . Unravelling Brazil's diverse DNA . 2022-11-29 . the Guardian . en.
  18. Web site: We: Deutschland Studio Sutherland . 2023-04-14 . studio-sutherland.co.uk.
  19. Web site: Lee . Lauren . 2020-11-15 . British artist creates a 'human atlas' of Detroit to tell 100 stories of the city's unsung heroes . 2023-04-14 . CNN . en.
  20. Web site: Somos Brasil – Exposições . 2022-11-29 . Guia Folha . pt-BR.
  21. Web site: Festival Internacional de Fotografia de Pingyao destaca obra "Somos Brasil"_portuguese.xinhuanet.com . 2022-11-29 . portuguese.xinhuanet.com.
  22. Web site: Somos Brasil . 2022-11-29 . Head On Photo Festival . en-US.
  23. https://spectrumphoto.co.uk/somos-brasil-by-marcus-lyon Somos Brasil by Marcus Lyon. Accessed 10 June 2021
  24. Web site: Tuna Book The Partners Marcus Lyon D&AD Awards 2001 Pencil Winner Book Covers D&AD . 2023-04-14 . www.dandad.org.
  25. Web site: Tuna Book The Partners Marcus Lyon D&AD Awards 2001 Pencil Winner Self Promotional Items D&AD . 2023-04-14 . www.dandad.org.
  26. Web site: Somos Brasil Lyon Lyon D&AD Awards 2017 Pencil Winner Culture, Art & Design Books D&AD . 2022-11-29 . www.dandad.org.
  27. Web site: Somos Brasil Lyon Lyon D&AD Awards 2017 Pencil Winner Integrated Graphics D&AD . 2023-04-14 . www.dandad.org.
  28. Web site: Somos Brasil Lyon Lyon D&AD Awards 2017 Pencil Winner Data Visualisation D&AD . 2023-04-14 . www.dandad.org.
  29. https://www.britishbookawards.org/awards2019/shortlist-winners-2019/ British Book Awards
  30. https://www.designweek.co.uk/awards-2021-results-social-design/ Design Week Awards
  31. Web site: 2021-01-24 . Social design . 2023-04-14 . Design Week . en-UK.

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