{"product_id":"9781576875223","title":"Band of Bikers","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the basement of an apartment building in Manhattan, Scott Zieher discovered a pile of photographs among the effects of a recently deceased tenant. These photographs, presented for the first time in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBand of Bikers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, offer an intimate portrait of a group of gay bikers in the city and the woods, and a touching snapshot of an entire generation at its carefree zenith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly aware of muscle and biker magazines and their heavy-handed eroticism, photographer and photographed brim with a subtly vibrant, chromatic pride. The photographs as a whole bring into focus a brief, specific period of relative innocence, when middle-of-the-road Americans more often than not failed to perceive the homoerotic undertones of their most heterosexual of institutions. With conceptual light cast by issues ranging from anonymity in homosexuality and underground motorcycle chic, to vernacular photography’s pop-culture ramifications, a warm and generous spirit of camaraderie pervades this subterranean survey. Like a real-world set for \u003ci\u003eScorpio Rising \u003c\/i\u003ecasually captured by an unpretentious extra, presented as \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBand of Bikers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and accompanied by an essay by Zieher, this found cache of old-school, leather party snapshots attains archeological significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"powerHouse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050035822832,"sku":"9781576875223","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781576875223_p0.jpg?v=1763793654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781576875223","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}