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On the Prowl in Bisbee

Are you on the Prowl for the next great bike event? Are you searching for the perfect chopper show and party? Well, here’s your ticket. I’m referring to a fantastic motorcycle street party that started in 2015, the Howl and Prowl. At its inception, this Bisbee, Arizona event attracted mostly

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Garage Builds – An Unrecognized Folk Art?

What a great idea – a program to celebrate “garage builders,” and that’s it. A series of “Garage Build” custom bike shows presented by Dennis Kirk date back to 2018 in Sturgis and Daytona, as well as the dedicated Garage Build website that went live around the same time. It

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Arizona Bike Week, the Big Picture

Arizona Bike Week has been around since a group of local bikers started meeting in Avondale, just west of Phoenix, in 1997. It’s undergone a number of changes over the years, but since settling in at WestWorld of Scottsdale in 2006, its growth has been exponential. The event now boasts

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Cherry Bomb – a 90-Day Dash to Samurai Style

Thirty years ago, the last person that would have thought a “Cherry Bomb” could explode after 90 intense days of work would have been the builder of this bike, Mark Shell. Back then, he had just quit his day job bagging groceries at the local supermarket, the proceeds of which

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Eye Candy, Dustin Werner’s Skinny Shovel Chopper

“Eye Candy,” the name of this traditional 70s-style skinny chopper, is appropriate as there is so much to look at. What is great is how it has achieved a perfect balance – not too much, and not too little, of anything. It is simple, but the more you look, the

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Rhett Holley’s Root Beer Float

Root Beer Floats remind me of being a kid on a hot summer day. Do you remember watching what happens when you pour cold Root Beer over vanilla ice cream in a mug? And that beautiful explosion of bubbles and froth that follows. A big smile would be on my

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The Best Way to End Any Year – The Lone Star Rally

There seems to be no bigger four-day gathering of motorcyclists on the planet than the Lone Star Rally. And yet, of all the big rallies, there isn’t one that can somehow feel as homey and intimate. That’s what the boundless character and charm of Galveston, Texas, offers as a backdrop

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About michael

In 1977, after a stint simultaneously playing drums in a BeBop jazz band, bussing tables in a restaurant and doing personal photography, Michael decided he was a better photographer than a drummer and hung up the sticks. It was during this time that he started riding his 1971 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead (which he still owns) and photographing bikers. This work, along with a series on cowboys, was exhibited in group and solo exhibitions over the next few years. Prints were included in private and public collections, most notably by ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Corp.) and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, in Paris.

 

GETTING STARTED

In 1979, Easyriders started to publish some of Michael’s motorcycle photography. He photographed a number of smaller events and features specifically for them, proved his abilities and then was off on his third trip to Sturgis in 1981, now on assignment for Easyriders, for whom he has returned there ever since. Also in 1981, after a solo exhibition of his work at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, Ireland, which was boycotted by the League of Decency, Michael became disillusioned with the “art world” and again changed course. He stopped publicly exhibiting his photographs in favor of publishing his motorcycle work in Easyriders and simultaneously began developing his career as a commercial advertising and corporate photographer. By 1982, his studio was open in Boulder, Colorado. It wasn’t long before he developed a clientele that included companies like IBM, Sun Microsystems and Kraft Foods.

 

WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE

Motorcycle and commercial assignments have taken Michael across America and abroad to Canada, Europe, Japan, Mexico and New Zealand. While he has published more than 1,000 articles on motorcycling and custom bikes, he has also photographed annual reports, product photography, advertising, brochures and posters. The diversity of subject matter included two cookbooks, covers for more than 60 beer magazines and the same for audio magazines. His commercial motorcycle work has grown over the years to include magazines around the world and commercial clients like Indian Motorcycles, Big Dog Motorcycles, Wiley-X Sunglasses, Harley-Davidson, Nikon Cameras and many of the best custom bike builders in America.

 

To learn more about Michael and see more of his work, visit his website: lichterphoto.com

On the Prowl in Bisbee

Are you on the Prowl for the next great bike event? Are you searching for the perfect chopper show and party? Well, here’s your ticket. I’m referring to a fantastic

Read More »

About michael

In 1977, after a stint simultaneously playing drums in a BeBop jazz band, bussing tables in a restaurant and doing personal photography, Michael decided he was a better photographer than a drummer and hung up the sticks. It was during this time that he started riding his 1971 Harley-Davidson Shovelhead (which he still owns) and photographing bikers. This work, along with a series on cowboys, was exhibited in group and solo exhibitions over the next few years. Prints were included in private and public collections, most notably by ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Corp.) and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, in Paris.

 

GETTING STARTED

In 1979, Easyriders started to publish some of Michael’s motorcycle photography. He photographed a number of smaller events and features specifically for them, proved his abilities and then was off on his third trip to Sturgis in 1981, now on assignment for Easyriders, for whom he has returned there ever since. Also in 1981, after a solo exhibition of his work at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, Ireland, which was boycotted by the League of Decency, Michael became disillusioned with the “art world” and again changed course. He stopped publicly exhibiting his photographs in favor of publishing his motorcycle work in Easyriders and simultaneously began developing his career as a commercial advertising and corporate photographer. By 1982, his studio was open in Boulder, Colorado. It wasn’t long before he developed a clientele that included companies like IBM, Sun Microsystems and Kraft Foods.

 

WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE

Motorcycle and commercial assignments have taken Michael across America and abroad to Canada, Europe, Japan, Mexico and New Zealand. While he has published more than 1,000 articles on motorcycling and custom bikes, he has also photographed annual reports, product photography, advertising, brochures and posters. The diversity of subject matter included two cookbooks, covers for more than 60 beer magazines and the same for audio magazines. His commercial motorcycle work has grown over the years to include magazines around the world and commercial clients like Indian Motorcycles, Big Dog Motorcycles, Wiley-X Sunglasses, Harley-Davidson, Nikon Cameras and many of the best custom bike builders in America.

 

To learn more about Michael and see more of his work, visit his website: lichterphoto.com