This book offers the first in depth view of the international family of bicycle messengers. Enjoy a journey through the camera lens of veteran San Francisco bike messenger, Kyle Shepard, as he captures the essence of the two-wheeled life on the streets of North America, Europe, and Japan. This book includes 140 black and white photographs, original artwork by Dan E. Boy, and a story written by an anonymous writer, who tells of her encounter with a bike messenger on the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Some of the photos are crisp and brilliant, some are grainy and random, but all do a fine job... -- bike
About the Author
Kyle Shepard was born in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating from Kansas University with a degree in American History, he bicycled to California. He has worked as a San Francisco bike messenger for ten years. This is his first book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Coffee Table Book,
By Justin Gullickson (Calgary) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bicycle Messenger: Photography by Kyle Shepard (Paperback)
This book is a great collection of photography created by a bike messenger highlighting the bike messenger culture, and showing an honest collection of the people who do this often thankless job. I commend him for some good pictures and for the time and effort he spent putting together this collection.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Compelling photography,
By "allthenicknamesaretaken" (SAN FRANCISCO, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bicycle Messenger: Photography by Kyle Shepard (Paperback)
This book's compelling photography depicts the humanity behind the life and labor of the people who keep the upper class functioning. The cliche "one picture is worth a thousand words" does not do this book justice. Some of these photos are so touching it brings a lump to the throat. There are photos from around the world, each depicting something different yet all with something in common. The photographer, Kyle Shepard, has great talent. Every lawyer, banker, stock broker, real estate agent, and professional who utilizes the services of messengers ought to own this book, and refer to it from time to time so as to never forget the people behind the delivery of important documents. I think we will see Kyle Shepard become one of the great photographers of our time. He has a special talent for capturing humanity.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A darn good book,
By "rclemens@faulknerbanfield.com" (JUNEAU, AK United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bicycle Messenger: Photography by Kyle Shepard (Paperback)
I have been a messenger for the past few years and I really enjoyed this book. There is no text save for the first couple pages, just a lot of great photos capturing the life of messengers around the world at work and at play and everything inbetween. I strongly recomend it for messengers and people who are interested in messengers.
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