Accession Number
2014/2.304

Title
Funny Sonny packing with Zipco, Milwaukee

Artist(s)
Danny Lyon

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1966; printed 2008

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)

Subject matter
The Bikeriders series began in 1963 when Danny Lyon attended a motorcycle rally in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. He captured a group of bikers on Route 12 and at the rally, quickly showing them to Hugh Edwards. Edwards encouraged his work, and Lyon continued to take photographs of the bikers. Lyon became part of the Chicago Outlaws, documenting them over the next four years. In 1968, The Bikeriders was published for the first time, becoming the second publication to use text transcribed from tape recordings. Many of the images were originally shot in color, printed in black and white for the publication, and since re-printed almost exclusively in black and white.

Physical Description
A photograph of two men riding on a motorcycle. The man in the back seat looks back at the camera, holding out his hand and smiling. The other man wears a helmet with a large spike and looks toward the beach scene that unfolds before him.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Primary Object Type
black and white print

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
beaches
double portraits
helmets (protective wear)
motorcycles
motorcyclists
roads
vests (garments)