Flag: An American Story

"In Lyon's celebratory, penetrating photographs, the 'masses' are no longer mere statistics. 'The thing that struck me hardest was no matter who I photographed, or where they came from, there was always a genuine astonishment that someone actually wanted to know what they thought,' says Lyons. 'In a nation that prides itself upon its democratic principles, all of which is most potently symbolised by the flag, this fact surely raises some pretty uncomfortable questions.' Flag is a portable library of humanity which every home should have."-the publisher.