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Maryland based photographer Doug Barber has spent thirty plus years
photographing Old School Bikers. He describes his work as
“my way of preserving a history that is overlooked, and
misunderstood.” Known to fellow bikers as Q-Ball, his three
decade long photographic study of Old School Bikers displays an
uncanny knack for “getting it,” for conveying the atmosphere of a
place, the personality of a subject, the excitement of a moment, that
has been unique to the American experience.
Within
the frame of each of his Old School series photographs all hierarchies
are leveled, and a certain hard-edged beauty emerges. In the richly
descriptive medium of photography, an image-making system suspended
between factual
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record
and pure fiction, Barber’s
photographs
of “Old School Bikers Living The Life” are powerful
representations of both American iconography, as well as, his unique
artistic style.
That is
definitely one reason why Barber’s work has been included in
a
number of important shows, including “Motorcycles and Art: 1950 -
Present, If I Have to Explain it..." at the
Susquehanna Art Museum,
the Schmucker Art Gallery's Machine Aesthetic: Art of the Harley
at Gettysburg College, and several regional exhibits through
Americas' Arts. Doug Barber’s work, which stands on it's own
merit, has been included in exhibits alongside other motorcycle
related work from artists
Andy Warhol, David Uhl, Richard Prince, Thomas Zummer, and James Hyde. |
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Each photograph
measures either 13.5” x 20” or 16.5" x 23.5" and is printed with
Archival Ultra-Chrome Ink on Ilford Smooth Gloss Galerie Paper.
Limited edition of 100, signed:
$200 unframed |
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