Bob
8th September 2004, 00:13
"Everybody reacts to bikers in a particular way, either good or bad, and generally it's negative -- they see somebody on a motorbike and black leather and it's always a biker," said Andrew Shaylor, a photographer who spent four years capturing British chapters of the Hells Angels on film.
The images are in a new book on the club and will be displayed at the National Theatre.
During his time with the Angels, Shaylor visited clubhouses across the country, attended weddings and funerals and went on a road trip to the Spanish resort of Benidorm.
Several of the mostly black-and-white portraits play into the image the Angels seem eager to avoid -- bearded men with gold chains and tattoo-covered bodies. But other images show a different side: a man feeding a baby and two laughing bikers, arm-in-arm at a party.
"Everybody is different," said Shaylor. "There are some guys that are very quiet and introverted and some really big characters always making noise and giving opinions, just like normal life really."
The images are in a new book on the club and will be displayed at the National Theatre.
During his time with the Angels, Shaylor visited clubhouses across the country, attended weddings and funerals and went on a road trip to the Spanish resort of Benidorm.
Several of the mostly black-and-white portraits play into the image the Angels seem eager to avoid -- bearded men with gold chains and tattoo-covered bodies. But other images show a different side: a man feeding a baby and two laughing bikers, arm-in-arm at a party.
"Everybody is different," said Shaylor. "There are some guys that are very quiet and introverted and some really big characters always making noise and giving opinions, just like normal life really."