Word: harleys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...largest portion of Booth's work focuses on Harley-Davidson riders. People who ride Harleys, the only type of motorcycle made in the U.S., are part of a unique culture, says Booth, who has managed Harvard's photography laboratory since he arrived here...
...Some would regard [riding Harley motorcycles] as a right-wing patriotic statement," he says...
...like the Marlon Brando film, 'The Wild One,'...about an alienated kid who confronted his hostility by being part of this motorcycle gang that goes into a small town and causes utter chaos," according to Booth. The Hell's Angels, a "notorious, infamous gang of outlaws who ride primarily Harley [motorcycles]," also contributed to this negative image of bikers...
...counter-culture image [before the 1960s] has now become theater to contemporary Harley-Davidson riders. I think that's part of what makes them so willing to be photographed," Booth says...
Most present-day Harley riders feel an allegiance to this image, Booth says. "Only a Harley rider is part of that community," not those who ride Japanese-made bikes...