Welcome to the Crowdsourcing Mornings segment! Every weekday morning, Geek Alabama talks about and features one crowdsourcing project from crowdsourcing sites such as, Indiegogo, and others. The hope with Crowdsourcing Mornings is to feature and help a project be successful and reach its fundraising goal. Please enjoy today’s featured project!
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The first time I smelled the acrid fumes of a Harley-Davidson roaring to life, I was hooked. The noise, the vibrations, the iconography embedded itself into my DNA. I became obsessed with understanding this subculture, no matter the cost, thus turning my lens, body and mind into vessels of storytelling for the chopper community.
In 2015 I purchased my first chopper, a 1972 Harley Ironhead, from Rick Swaidner, which prior to this, I had never owned nor used tools and had always been told I wasn’t mechanically inclined however, thanks to good friends, Harbor Freight, a man by the name of Tatro yelling at me every weekend as well as generous mentors, I was guided down a path of learning; one I’m still walking a decade later.
I began photographing this book that same summer. Since then, I’ve traveled to more than 40 states and logged over 60,000 miles on a chopper I built with a group of friends from all over the country. These motorcycles are not comfortable by any stretch of the imagination as many lack rear suspension and rely on outdated technology. They will challenge you physically and mentally, teaching patience, persistence, and grit. Those same traits helped bring this project to life, with the support of some incredibly talented individuals I’m lucky to have collaborated with.
The images in this book are more than just portraits of motorcycle enthusiasts. They’re about discovering community within yourself, with others, or out on the road. I created this book in the hope that those flipping through its pages will feel inspired to chase their own long white line. The miles, friendships, and breakdowns documented here have helped me grow in ways I never imagined. This world built on two wheels has carried me through my time in the Navy and helped guide me into civilian life and I hope it will guide readers to their own adventure wherever it may be out there in the world that gives them what choppers have given me.
Shakedown: Book Details
- An object of art unto itself, Shakedown will feature approximately 85 images, designed by Bonnie Briant, edited by Bonnie, Mark Murrmann and Fall Line Press as well as an essay by Warren Stoddard II.
- The book will be a hardcover, smythe-sewn, fine art photography book in a large trim size of 8.5″x11″ and will be approximately 125 pages.
- It will also feature high-end stochastic printing on archival paper with varnish on all photographs.
- The case will be covered in a fine weave linen cloth and printed with stochastic screening and finished with flood matte lamination and spot UV varnish.
As of May 28th, this project has raised $8,500 of their $18,000 goal. This project has 15 days left to raise the $18,000 or it will not be funded. For a pledge of $65, you will get one photobook. For a pledge of $75, you will get one signed photobook. To learn more and to pledge money, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shakedown/shakedown-by-liam-kennedy?
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