The Real Story Behind 'The Bikeriders' and the Danny Lyon Photography Book That Inspired It
Source: Smithsonian
Ellen Wexler Assistant Editor, Humanities Danny Lyon considered himself a bikerider, but there were glaring differences between him and the members of the Chicago Outlaws, a notorious motorcycle club. They were blue-collar Midwesterners riding Harleys and living on the outskirts of society. Lyon was a college-educated photographer who rode a Triumph and toted around two cameras and a seven-pound tape recorder. It…
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