Back in the 1960s, using a Graflex Speed Graphics Press Camera, Jim "Flash" Miteff shot several hundred photographs of the Outlaws 1%er Motorcycle Club. The photographs in the book were specifically selected from his collection. These never before published images are taken directly from the original negatives that had been in storage for over 40 years.

Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s

Arts & Photography

Beverly V. Roberts

Photography & Video

Flash Productions, LLC

Introduction (portion of): It's been a long time since the mainstream media first discovered the motorcycle club culture and its seductive appeal. That particular journey has seen our lifestyle creatively populated by villains, clowns, cutthroats, buffoons, deviants, sadists, criminals, badasses, and everything in between. But no matter what characters or images the writers, reporters, producers, and directors have devised to represent our lifestyle, the bottom line is that people love it. They fear it. And deep down in those trembling, vicarious bones they would give anything to be a part of it. Anything, for just one ride in an endless pack, hammer-down in the screamer lane of some interstate. Anything, to walk proudly into a bar or an event with a set of colors on recognized colors that are not given, but earned, through serious effort, blood, and brotherhood. Anything, to be able to call a brother at any hour of the day or night when they needed help with anything, and to know that their back is covered. Anything, to be intimate with the powerful family life that is truly enjoyed and unapologetically embraced by so few. But envied or not, this way of life often comes at a high price. A patch on one s back can translate into a titillating target for law enforcement, as well as media. For a variety of reasons commercial gain, high-profile PR, and political pandering among them both have dipped to sordid lows in their pursuit of the biker essence. Those clowns and buffoons of the old B biker movies have increasingly given way to the cutthroats and the criminals. Entire television networks use shows about the presumed inside of the motorcycle clubs as their commercial anchors. Dozens of books and productions glorify the dirt-digging adventures of undercover law enforcement infiltrators, turncoats, and snitches...

Portraits Of American Bikers: Inside Looking Out (The Flash Collection)

Jim Flash Miteff

SPECIAL HARDCOVER EDITION! Five years after the release of the original Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s (2008) by Beverly V. Roberts, a brand new edition will be released. Updated and revised, this brand new hardcover collector edition features photographs from the private photo collection of Outlaws Motorcycle Club member Jim "Flash 1%er" Miteff. Photographs fill this book with images that are vivid and life-like. These stark black &amp; white photos have been scanned from the original 4" x 5" Kodak film negatives. In addition to the original photographs from the first book, photographs from some of the old school members are shared for the first time from their own collections as well as some thoughts &amp; insight about their one-percenter lifestyle. Beverly shares her personal story about what's behind these photographs and what it was like growing up around this famous motorcycle club. "Flash" Miteff passed away in December of 1999. The book's introduction is by well known Detroit historian Cary Loren.

Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s Special Edition

Individual Artists

Leave behind the superficial selfie culture of today and take a photographic journey with Jim Flash Miteff, back to his 1960 s America; a time when people were real, emotions were raw, and life was lived on the edge. Prepare for a wild ride down the highway of history and into the rowdy and radical world of Bikers the legendary men, machines and myths of Miteff s generation.

Bikers: The Men, Machines & Myths

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Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s

Portraits Of American Bikers: Inside Looking Out (The Flash Collection)

Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s Special Edition

Bikers: The Men, Machines & Myths