Accession Number2014/2.306
TitlePrairieville, Louisiana
Artist(s)Danny LyonArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1964; printed 2008Medium & Supportgelatin silver print on paperDimensions 14 in x 11 in (35.56 cm x 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)Subject matterThe 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 DescriptionA photograph of a man crouching and a woman standing in a grassy field. The man bends over with his back toward the camera. The woman turns her body toward the right side of the frame, looking into the distance as her hair blows in the wind.
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Keywords
fields (land)
jump suits
men (male humans)
motorcyclists
standing
women (female humans)