Word: ridings
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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...
...movies 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...
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...
...parents could let their kids do this is beyond me," says Booth, whose parents would not allow him to ride bikes until he reached adulthood...
Booth, who teaches a section of an introductory photography course here, says he "became involved with [motorcycles] in the 1950s, when the only ones around were European. It was not a popular pastime. To ride one you had to have a certain amount of athletic ability and mechanical skill...