Beau Comme une Moto

"chopper", photographs by Olivier Martel. Texts by Yves Lorelle and Nuage blanc, Baudouin, Editions de Nesle, 1979. First edition. Text in French. 96 pages. 20.5 x 20.5 cm. Condition: Excellent.

85€

Magnificent photographic report on a gathering of bikers in Daytona Beach in 1978. Under the Florida sun, Olivier Martel captures the almost infernal world of motorcycle enthusiasts, choppers and Harley Davidson. Tattoos, naked girls, customized, chrome motorcycles, Hells Angels, leather jackets and pants, exhaust pipes, it is a spirit of wild freedom that passes before our eyes; a certain American dream which continues to fascinate and which has been exported to many other skies.