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Follow on Google News | Racine Art Museum Gearing Up for Harley-Davidson's 110th AnniversaryIn honor of this year's Harley-Davidson's 110th Anniversary Celebration, RAM presents over 15 portraits captured by Michael Pry, now in the collection of the Racine Art Museum.
By: Racine Art Museum In 2003, Michael Pry captured the images of several event attendees using his large format camera. Printed directly from the original 5 x 7 inch negatives, Pry's black-and-white photographic portraits-taken in a tent on the event grounds-chronicle, in the artist's own words, "the people that ride." While the similar format-rider( These photographs were also published in a 2004 book,Harley Nation: A Visual Tour. About the book, Pry states, "Harley Nation was truly a labor of love for me as I have always wanted to produce a body of work on the people that ride. Ever since my childhood I have been fascinated with Harley-Davidson enthusiasts. I suspect, with great confidence, I'm not alone in this fascination. Even after pouring over my proofs hundreds if not thousands of times I find the images fresh and new with each and every viewing.Harley Nation affords us a most unique visual tour." Join Michael Pry for a booksigning on Thursday, August 29, 6:30 - 7:30 pm at RAM's Wustum Museum, located at 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine. Softbound editions of Harley Nation: A Visual Tour will be available for purchase at RAM's Wustum Museum for $29.95 as well at Racine Art Museum Store in downtown Racine. Copies may be reserved by calling the Museum Store at 262.638.8200. This exhibition is made possible by Presenting Sponsors - Karen Johnson Boyd and William B. Boyd, The Estate of Emile H. Mathis II,in Memory of his Parents: Emil H. and Anna T. Mathis, SC Johnson, Windgate Charitable Foundation; Gold Sponsors - National Endowment for the Arts, Racine United Arts Fund; Silver Sponsors - Elwood Corporation, Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, Racine Community Foundation, W.T. Walker Group, Inc., Wisconsin Arts Board; Bronze Sponsors - The A.C. Buhler Family, CNH America LLC, Corner House, E.C. Styberg Foundation, Inc., Educators Credit Union, In Sink Erator, The Norbell Foundation, Real Racine, Robert W. Baird & Co., Runzheimer Foundation, Ruud Family Foundation. End
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