Bikeriders Print Set

To celebrate the premiere of The Bikeriders, the new film inspired by Danny Lyon’s seminal publication of the same title, Aperture and the renowned photographer are pleased to offer a unique collector’s set of the first two print collaborations from his book. The set pairs Lyon’s iconic Route 12, Wisconsin, the cover photograph of The Bikeriders, with Kathy, Chicago, the newly released print. Aperture is making the set available for those who missed the opportunity to collect Route 12 for the first time.

The Bikeriders was first published in 1968 and explores firsthand the stories and personalities of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The journal-size volume features original black-and-white photographs and transcribed interviews by Lyon, made from 1963 to 1967, during which time Lyon was a member of the club (1965-66). Authentic, personal, and uncompromising, Lyon’s depiction of individuals on the outskirts of society offers a gritty yet humane perspective that subverts more commercialized treatments of Americana. Akin to the documentary style of 1960s-era New Journalism made famous by writers such as Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe, Lyon’s photography is saturation reporting at its finest. The Bikeriders is a touchstone publication of 1960s counterculture, crucially defining the vision of the outlaw biker as found in Easy Rider and countless other movies and photobooks.

This collector’s set is available through July 4, 2024 (ends at 11:59 p.m. EDT).

This set is comprised of two signed pigment prints:

Route 12, Wisconsin, 1963
Signed archival pigment print
Image Size: 5 x 7 in.
Paper Size: 8 x 10 in.

Kathy, Chicago, from The Bikeriders, 1967–69
Signed archival pigment print
Image size: 5 x 7 in.
Paper size:  8 x 10 in.

Printed by Picturehouse + thesmalldarkroom, New York, under the artist’s supervision
Open edition (as many acquired are produced)
International flat-rate shipping available. Email prints@aperture.org for all inquiries

Danny Lyon (born in New York, 1942), regarded as one of the most influential documentary photographers, is also a filmmaker and writer. His many books include The Movement (1964), The Bikeriders (1968, reissued by Aperture, 2014), Conversations with the Dead (1971), Knave of Hearts (1999), Like a Thief ’s Dream (2007), and Deep Sea Diver (2011), and most recently his memoir Danny Lyon: This Is My Life I’m Talking About (2024). Lyon’s work is widely exhibited and collected, and he has been awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, numerous National Endowment for the Arts grants, and a 2011 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. You can follow him on Instagram @dannylyonphotos2.