Mark Lyon: “Landscapes for the People” and “That New Car Smell” transform the banal into something remarkable

While Lyon was working on “Posted,” his master’s thesis that examined missing- and wanted-person flyers, he stumbled upon a laundromat. Inside, a desk and telephone seemed to interact with a wallpaper mural of a lake scene filled with hot-air balloons and yachts. “It became clear that I needed to photograph it and if possible develop a series from it,” Lyon wrote.