Telluride Awards Analysis: 'The Bikeriders' Opens Fest, Puts Jodie Comer in Hunt for First Oscar Nom". Ein amerikanischer Fotobuch-Klassiker der 60er, eines der wichtigsten Bücher in der Geschichte der Fotografie: Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, Seite 190/191; Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, The Photobook, volume 1, Seite 256; Hasselblad Center, The Open Book, Seite 236/237). With a new introduction by the author, The Bikeriders rides again, capturing like never before the dawn of the counterculture era. The pictures are intriguing and together with the stories, the reader gets a clear view into the lifestyle of the motorcycle club at such a pivotal time in American history. The Bikeriders explores firsthand the stories and characters of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club.

The cycle could always be in a state of repair, the cycle didn't have to run and, the best one yet, it didn't even have to be in your possession. Work on The Bikeriders began in earnest when, at the invitation of a mechanic repairing his Triumph, he attended a meeting of the Chicago Outlaws and joined them as a member. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group's unique way of life. as long as Harley-Davidsons are manufactured other bikeriders will appear, riding unknown and beautiful through Chicago, into the streets of Cicero. If you want to look at a front cover and read the blurb Lawrence has written for it then we can send you a phone picture on request.The first printing of this new edition of The Bikeriders is limited to 3,850 case bound copies and a special slipcased edition of 150 autographed copies. Dustjacket fresh and complete without missing parts; triangle crease at the top of the front side, light trace of use. A seminal work of modern photojournalism, this landmark collection of photographs and interviews documents the abandon and risk implied in the name of the gang Lyon belonged to: the Chicago Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Lyon's photo book documenting the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle club delivers some of the most iconic images associated with biker culture, including the indelible cover image additionally represented here by an original vintage print from the collection of Steve Dalber, Lyon's roommate at the University of Chicago. As with Lyon's other publications, text is an integral part of THE BIKERIDERS; stories from the photographer as well as the voices of a number of bikeriders situate the photographs within the context of the biker subculture and the culture at large.

An interesting look into the counter-culture of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club in the 1950’s and 60’s. Light wear, sunfading on spine, small bit of loss on top and bottom of spine, slight scuffing and bumping on sides of wraps and text block. This 2005 Lucero song (Bikeriders) based on select photos/interviews from Danny Lyon's 1967 book (The Bikeriders) is, likewise, the shared-basis of the opening narration for the 2023 Hollywood film (The Bikeriders).The song is a look at the tumultuous relationship of two of its subjects, club member Benny Bauer and his wife Kathy, as well as a window into the life of the club itself. Petit accident à peine perceptible en marges des pages 48 et 49 ainsi qu'une déchirure fermée de 8 mm. It tells a fictional story inspired by the 1967 photo-book of the same name by Danny Lyon depicting the lives of the Outlaws MC, a Chicago-based motorcycle club. For this project Lyon photographed and ultimately joined the Chicago Outlaws, a motorcycle racing club more interested in the emerging American biker culture than in winning on the track.

That September, Toby Wallace, Emory Cohen, Beau Knapp, Karl Glusman, and Happy Anderson joined the ensemble cast. Danny Lyon is a photographer who interviewed and took portraits of bikers in the Midwest during the late 1960s. Danny Lyon (born in New York, 1942) is highly regarded as one of the most influential documentary photographers of the last five decades. The Outlaws were formed in the 1930s in Illinois, so they are among the oldest of the 1% outlaw clubs, and the largest in the Midwest.

Minor edge wear, light foxing to cover versos and half-title page, else very good in pictorial wraps. His many books include The Movement (1964), The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (1969), Conversations with the Dead (1971), Knave of Hearts (1999), Like a Thief’s Dream (2007), and Deep Sea Diver (2011).

The confidence they enjoyed from the outsiders who allowed them access to an insular tribe was provisional. A nice copy: Fine clothbound hardcover with a small bump to one edge of one board, a red dot to the bottom edge of the text block which has bled a bit onto some interior pages, and an inscription to the ffep in a Fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities and two tiny closed tears.

The text part is a series of brief snippets or interviews with a cast of characters and sharing some of their experiences that are not connected or give away much information about anything in particular. Thin black marker line at top edge of spine block and again at head of front end paper, otherwise fine. The threat of violence was an existential fact for the initiated, and the reporters’ option to step away to safety put them at an arm's length. Later, in a letter to a prospective publisher, he described the Outlaws as 'probably the only thing like cowboys left in America'.