“Danny Lyon: Message to the Future,” opens November 5 at the de Young museum, S.F.

The de Young museum presents, “Danny Lyon: Message to the Future,” the first comprehensive retrospective presented in 25 years by a photographer and filmmaker known for his street photography movement in the United States in the 1960s.

Danny Lyon, “Occupy Demonstration on Broadway, Los Angeles,” (2011). Digital inkjet print. Collection of the artist. Copyright Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

The exhibition features an estimated 175 photographs and films, which document the welfare and social/political issues of people living on the margins of society.

Danny Lyon, "Maricopa County, Arizona," (1977). Vintage gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist. Copyright Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

Danny Lyon, "Shakedown at Ellis Unit, Texas," (1968). Vintage gelatin silver print. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 183.1969. Copyright Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

Danny Lyon, "Powwow (New Mexico, South Dakota, and Arizona)," 1997. SX-70 Polaroids. Collection of the artist. Copyright Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

Danny Lyon, "Tesca, Cartagena, Colombia," 1966. Cibachrome, printed 2008. Collection of the artist. Copyright Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York

Through April 30, 2017. Galleries 11-14, de Young museum, Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, S.F. (415) 750-3600, www.deyoungmuseum.org. 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday. Closed most Mondays and select holidays. 

Tickets available beginning Monday, October 17: $22 adults; $17 seniors 65 and older; $13 students with current ID; $7 youth ages 6-17 and free to museum members and children 5 and younger.