The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 23, 2025
Sparky and Cowboy, Schereville, Indiana
1965–66, printed 1979
(American, 1942-)
Image: 22.3 x 33 cm (8 3/4 x 13 in.); Paper: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2017.254
Location: Not on view
Description
Lyon’s favored approach is a photographic equivalent of the 1960s New Journalism, a movement that advocated a subjective, rather than objective, viewpoint. Already an enthusiastic bikerider (the term Lyon says was used in Chicago in that era), he joined the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club in 1965 with the idea of making a book about them from an insider’s view. He was a participant, not just a spectator.- {{cite web|title=Sparky and Cowboy, Schereville, Indiana|url=false|author=Danny Lyon|year=1965–66, printed 1979|access-date=23 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.254