John Cyr

John Cyr is a Brooklyn based photographer, printer, and educator. Heearned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts and teaches at the International Centerof Photography in New York City. Cyr's photography is represented in many notablepublic and private collections including: George Eastman House InternationalMuseum of Photography, Rochester, New York; The Photographic History Collectionat the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.; and TheNew York Public Library, New...See more

John Cyr is a Brooklyn based photographer, printer, and educator. Heearned his MFA from the School of Visual Arts and teaches at the International Centerof Photography in New York City. Cyr's photography is represented in many notablepublic and private collections including: George Eastman House InternationalMuseum of Photography, Rochester, New York; The Photographic History Collectionat the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.; and TheNew York Public Library, New York, New York. John Cyr is represented by CatherineEdelman Gallery in Chicago. Lyle Rexer is the author of several books, including TheEdge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography (Aperture, 2009) and Photography'sAntiquarian Avant Garde: The New Wave in Old Processes (Abrams, 2002). In addition, LyleRexer has published many catalogue essays and articles on art, architecture, andphotography and contributed to such publications as The New York Times, Art inAmerica, Aperture, BOMB, and DAMn. As a curator, he has organized exhibitions inthe United States and internationally, most recently "The Edge of Vision," a selectionof contemporary abstract photography. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NewYork and is a columnist for Photograph magazine. See less