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During the seventies, the photographer Yan Morvan spent nearly three years with some Paris bikers. Fascinated by this parallel world, Morvan – who was still a student at the time – documented their outings, their drinking bouts and their altercation with enemy gangs. It all began one day when Morvan met a biker in Paris and asked him if he could take his portrait. When he met the same biker again with his whole gang a couple of weeks later, Morvan took the opportunity to ask if he could accompany them during their daily routine. Thus began the project that was to become Morvan’s first professional work.

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Leica M6 / Summicron-M 35mm f/2

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Yan Morvan

Yan Morvan was born in Paris in 1954. He first studied Film and Mathematics. Later he worked with the Fotolib de Libération and Norma Agencies, and became a photographer for Paris Match and the Figaro magazine. From 1980 to 1988, Morvan worked with the Sipa Agency and became a correspondent for Newsweek. Morvan has been working as a freelance photographer since 1988, frequently in situations of war and crisis.