ART + DESIGN

The Motorcycle Portraits: Jack Penton

The Motorcycle Portraits is a project by photographer/filmmaker David Goldman, who travels the world making documentaries, and takes time out to interview interesting people in the motorcycle scene, wherever he might be.  The result is a single exemplary photo, a geolocation of his subject, and a transcribed interview.  The audio of his interviews can be found on The Motorcycle Portraits website. The following is a portrait session with Jack Penton, a legend of motocross, the son of John Penton, and an AMA Hall of Fame member. and the youngest…

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