Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders

Electrifying and intimate, 16 works by American photographer Danny Lyon invite you into the world of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club, presenting a fresh vision for documentary photography and a nostalgic time capsule of a pivotal era in American history. This exhibition opens Thursday, May 7 at the Currier.

Category: Photography, 1960s

Danny Lyon, Cal, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, The Bikeriders Portfolio, 1966. On Loan from the Collection of Joseph and Susan Fiorenzo

© Danny Lyon Magnum Photos.

www.bleakbeauty.com. Instagram: @dannylyonphotos2

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About the show: American photographer Danny Lyon didn’t just document the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club: he joined them as a member while still an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. In his words, it was an “attempt to record and glorify the life of the American bikerider.” The result was a new form of documentary photography that brought viewers into the worlds of its subjects with intimacy, grit, and humanity.

In Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders, the Currier tells stories of individuality, belonging, and American myth building with 16 exceptional photographs and two photorealism prints.

Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders is generously sponsored by

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Dates on view:

This exhibition opens May 7 and is on view through August 16, 2026.

Danny Lyon, Route 12, Wisconsin, The Bikeriders Portfolio, 1963. Gift from the Collection of Joseph and Susan Fiorenzo, 2025.16.1

© Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos. www.bleakbeauty.com. Instagram: @dannylyonphotos2