the girls of the hells angels

below are some extraordinary previously unpublished photographs Bill Ray shot while riding with the biker gang the Hells Angels in 1965. i'm head over heels in love with the tough edge that the women of the gang brought through in their outfits. the photographer reminisces: "i remember, too, that many of them were surprisingly young: teenagers, or in their early twenties. they didn't look young, though. riding around on the back of a harley at a hundred miles an hour in all sorts of weather will age you, i guess."
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that sneer!!!!

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