Hells Angels Motorcycle Club - Andrew Shaylor

      Hells Angels Motorcycle Club - Andrew Shaylor 

In August 2000, photographer Andrew Shaylor departed on a four-year journey documenting the UK chapters of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club. He  also set out to assemble a truthful depiction of this much misunderstood group of the hell's angels. Kinda same idea as Hunter S. Thompson did in 60's but with a camera not with a pen.  The result is a remarkable collection of photographs what will be very help full. I will look in very high details so i can find shape, form and colour    

reading list

so the internet cant give me every thing, so ive stretched the internet to the maximum so now it time to get spending and looking more in depth.
so up to now ive found some amazing book

              

Motorcycles, Outlaws, Rebels, and Brothers

The Oakland chapter of the Hell’s Angels tear down the highway behind their fearless leader.

 “If I ever get too old to ride my Motorcycle, and have pretty girls, I’d rather just rob a Bank and go back to prison.”
-Ralph “Sonny” Barger

The long and colorful history (60+ years) of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club has been widely documented by the media. Magazines, movies, books and songs have all made attempts at capturing the essence of bike club culture – the look, the feel, and the sound of this other world. Not always successfully either. Because this sordid tale swoops over, around, and through the lives of hundreds of outlaws, felons, rebels, vets, outcasts, and inbetweeners.

We are tranfixed by those who dare to live on the fringe of society, and often make vain attempts to personify and relate to these intriguing individuals.

They have chosen to live their lives the only way they know how…hard and fast; with a screaming engine between their knees and rubber spread down the highway.

For, to them, freedom is nothing but an open road.

Close-up of two Hell’s Angels Berdoo jackets on the backs of two riders. Bill Ray. 1965. LIFE Magazine

Road grime and hardened gazes. This biker personifies the tough as nails “one percenter” stereotype associated with motorcycle clubs. Bill Ray. LIFE Magazine.

Check out those dual exhaust pipes. Probably more effective in looks and sound rather than speed and performance. A real cop magnet, for sure. Bill Ray. LIFE Magazine.

Elevated handlebars and a wide grip. This style came into fashion with Hell’s Angels in the late 1950s, and eventually spread into mainstream motorcycle culture. Not purely for looks, but for comfort on long rides. Bill Ray. LIFE Magazine.

Wives, girlfriends, steadies, and one-nighters. In the club’s early days it was ok for your “old lady” to flaunt the death’s head. Today, relinquishing the patch without a fight are grounds for expulsion. Bill Ray. 1965. LIFE Magazine.

An Angel’s old lady gives us the finger as they cruise down the boulevard. Bill Ray. LIFE Magazine.

Booze and Broads. Hell’s Angels relax at a cafe during the 1960s. Bill Ray. LIFE Magazine.

                                          Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang on the road. Bill Ray. 1965. LIFE Magazine

                                            Hell’s Angels bike rider. Bakersfield, CA, 1965. Bill Ray. LIFE Magazine.

Sonny Barger on a ’46 Harley stroker. At the crossroads of the 1950s greaser look and the long-haired hippie sylings of the 1960s. November 1959

Sonny and Co. congregate outside the El Adobe bar in Oakland just before the Oakland-Frisco wars. 1961.

Barger riding his hog in this undated photo

The legendary Ralph “Sonny” Barger in the driver’s seat of his Harley. I love the look of the dual balloon tires.

Horst Friedrichs book Or Glory: 21st Century Rockers Published by Prestel Publishing : With their tattoos, leather jackets, slicked-back hair and their beloved British motorbikes BSAs, Triumphs, Nortons, and Royal Enfields Rockers are the antithesis and the nemesis of the fastidiously groomed Mods. Elvis, James Dean and Marlon Brando made rocker style synonymous with rebellion sparking a global cult. Friedrichs follows the British rocker tribe as its members congregate in parking lots, pubs, cafes, dance and pool halls, as well as huge gatherings at Jacks Hill and the Ace Café. Alternating between rich, vibrant colour and gritty black and white, these photographs capture a spirit of unapologetic defiance in clothing as well as attitude every bit as strong today as it was sixty years ago. Trenchant and revealing commentary from Friedrichs subjects sheds light on the impulses, yearnings, and motivations of this enduring international rebel chic subculture.Or Glory 21st Century Rockers 

Inspiration: The Bike Riders

I really feeling the biker look right now and came across this amazing set of images on the Leisure blog featuring the archival book, The Bike Riders.

the book was originally published in 1968 by MacMillan and is still a rare and much sought-after publication for bikers and style enthusiasts alike. Many of the photographs were taken during 1965 and 1966 in the Midwestern United States while Danny Lyon, the photographer, was a member of the Chicago Outlaw Motorcycle Club.

Some of the images (especially the bottom right image in the above collage) are so reminiscent of Versace’s recent F/W 12 runway show  that it really cemented the trend for me. 

For their recent F/W 12 showcase at Bread and Butter Berlin, Levi’s Vintage Clothing also heralded the biker movement as a key inspiration for their look and ive been noting greaser washes and customized and studded denim both on the street, on directional tumblrs and on the runway. 

Painted Jackets for Attitude Magazine

The Ornamental Conifer who’s influential hand painted jackets have a distinctly biker attitude. Today we’re keeping it in the same vain but these high-color painted jackets could not be more different style-wise!

The shoot above is from Attitude Magazine, who created a project using street artists and designers to customize the classic jean jacket named ‘Ten Jackets by Ten Artists’.

I particularly love the air-brushed example from Mr. Shiz (an artwork trend I see developing over the next few seasons in the world of denim) and the Miami Beach scene which nods to cheesy ’90s leisurewear.

Michael Schmidt Motorcycle Photography

Michael Schmidt is a photographer based in both New York and Los Angeles who, in between shooting fashion pieces for labels like Eat Dust, documents beautiful bike road trips all over the world.

 Michael Schmidt and his fantastic photography and short movies made through Belgium denim label, Eat Dust. His inspirational editorials and fashion advertising feature endless road trips on bikes, literally eating dust and catching up with all the major bike builders in the states during his trips. A great portfolio for true motorcycle enthusiasts, the images showcase a great selection of denim in its rawest and purist state – as a real tough garment for the road, worn in and lived in. No posing. i love the classic cut-offs, raw denims and gang patch-covered jackets.