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Danny Lyon

(Brooklyn, New York, 1942 - )

Crossing the Ohio, Louisville

1966 (printed later)

Gelatin silver print

12 3/4 x 19 in. (32.5 x 48.3 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas

2009.212

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This iconic image was captured by Lyon from the back of a bike while traveling with the Outlaws on a visit to the Louisville, Kentucky, chapter. The group was crossing one of the bridges from Kentucky into Southern Indiana. Lyon had asked the rider not to wear his helmet (visible hanging from his handlebars). Lyon recalls, “They were just making the helmet laws which everyone resented.”

Keywords
Bridge
Black and White
Roads
Documentary
Motorcycle