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A Photographer Documented Tumultuous Years in a Bushwick Motorcycle Club’s History

The Forbidden Ones suffered quite the blow in 2012 during a huge police raid.

A Photographer Documented Tumultuous Years in a Bushwick Motorcycle Club’s History

A Photographer Documented Tumultuous Years in a Bushwick Motorcycle Club’s History

The Forbidden Ones suffered quite the blow in 2012 during a huge police raid.

A Photographer Documented Tumultuous Years in a Bushwick Motorcycle Club’s History

Even though gentrification has wiped out quite a number historic places in Bushwick, the drive to preserve pockets of the area’s history has remained strong. Newsweek highlighted the work of photographer Shadi K. Best who dedicated years to documenting the daily lives of the Forbidden Ones, a local motorcycle club.

The work, containing over 1,000 photos and 100 hours of video, is tentatively titled…

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