Both Robert Pirsig and John Sutherland took photos on their 1968 motorcycle trip west described in the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Robert Pirsig, not wanting to the distort the views the reader, demurred on providing an author photo when Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was published in 1974.
Ironically, this stoked speculation as to who this mysterious author was. Likewise, although Pirsig had taken several photos on the trip, they have never been published with the book for the same reason: so as not to distort the views of the reader.

FOR 3 LINKS, MOUSE HOVER BELOW.

THOSE PHOTOS ARE
… published in the ZMMQ Gallery here.


John Sutherland claimed to have taken the photo the back cover art of Bantam edition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is based on.


The photo on the left is a screen capture from Lee Glover’s interview with John Sutherland in 2008. The full interview is
available on YouTube here.

The photo of the right shows John Sutherland (center) arriving at the Cottonwood Canyon, Gallatin Gateway, Montana home of the Robert and Gennie DeWeese on July 13, 1968. Robert DeWeese is on the left and Gennie DeWeese and her son Josh are on the right. This photo is one of several new photos published in 2021 by the Smithsonian's Paul F. Johnston in
… "Chrome and Black and Dusty: Robert Pirsig's Motorcycle Heritage" in the International Journal of Motorcycle Studies.

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John Sutherland in 2008, and John Sutherland in 1968, arriving at the DeWeese homestead.