Crossing the Ohio, Louisville

Date1966

Maker Danny Lyon American, born 1942

Label TextBetween 1963 and 1967, Lyon documented the subculture of a Chicago-are group of motorcycle riders. He compiled the images in the 1968 book "The Bikeriders." In the biker photographys, including the two shown here, Lyon did not strive for impartiality. Rather, he showed the motorcycle group-of which he had become a part-in a fovorable light, echoing the era's antiestablishment tendencies.

Object number83.288.10

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no. (as LTL 23.1980). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Art of Protest, Apr. 27, 2000 - Jan. 21, 2001. Seattle, Washington, Danny Lyon: Dissenter in His Own Country, Nov. 13, 2019 - June 28, 2020.

Credit LineGift of Steven and Judith Clifford in honor of the museum's 50th year

Dimensions8 11/16 x 13 in. (22.1 x 33 cm)

MediumGelatin Silver Print