The Team

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Our Vintagent Team

Paul d’Orleans
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheVintagent.com, Co-founder Vintagent Lab, Co-Founder Motorcycle Arts Foundation Linkedin / Instagram / Amazon Author Profile

Corinna Mantlo
Curator of Film at TheVintagent.com, founder of Via MeccanicaInstagram

Greg Williams
Profiles Editor at The Vintagent, journalist, author at gregwilliams.ca    Linkedin / Instagram

Sasha Tcherevkoff
Chairman of Motorcycle Arts Foundation. Linkedin / Instagram

Debbie Macdonald
Accounts Management at TheVintagent.com.  Linkedin

Nadia Amer
Director of Education Initiatives at Motorcycle Arts Foundation, journalist and filmmaker.  Instagram / Linkedin

Dan Green 
Competitions Manager at Electric Revolution Live.  Former professional motorcycle racer and athlete, co-founder of bicycle brand Ritte. LinkedinInstagram

Greg Hatton 
Director of Educational Media at the Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation.  Photoghrapher, filmmaker. LinkedinInstagram

 


Our Contributors

The Vintagent is blessed with the most talented and knowledgeable contributors in the motorcycle industry. They are artists, riders, builders, film makers, executives, and all around smart, cultured motorcycle loving people who have helped position our media company to serve our audience and create content that can be found no where else. – Paul d’Orleans

Jay Leno
Guest Editor at TheVintagent.com, star of Jay Leno’s Garage

Conrad Leach
Artist

Kristina Fender
Photographer. Rest in peace, friend.

Maxwell Paternoster
Artist

Dennis Quinlan
Blogger, Historian, Jazz Musician

Alexander Papastrawou Filmmaker, True Motion Pictures[ /vc_column_text]

François-Marie Dumas
Author and Journalist

Chris Hunter
Founder of Bike Exif

Travis Shinn
Photographer, Filmmaker,Black Falcon’

Jalika Gaskin
Crew Chief, Alp Racing & Design

Richard Vincent
Photographer, Filmmaker ‘The Ended Summer’.  Rest in Peace, friend.

Julian Balme
Graphic Designer
, Writer

Susan McLaughlin
Photographer
, President – Penumbra Foundation

Bernard Salvat

Historian, Author ‘Les Motos Francais’.  Rest in peace.

Carmen Gentile
Journalist, author ‘Kissed by the Taliban’

Nish Nalbandian 
Photojournalist

Amaryllis Knight
Co-Founder Falcon Motorcycles, Interior Designer

Abhi Eswarappa
Founder Bike-Urious

Chris Kippenberger
Filmmaker, Photographer

Yves Hayat 
Photographer, Filmmaker, Musician, publisher

Irene Kotnik
Filmmaker, Art Director, founder of Petrolettes, f0under of The Curves Berlin

Nicholas Coleman
Artist, Photographer

Matt Hind
Photographer, co-founder Men’s File magazine

Mark Gardiner 
Author

Chris Rausch 
Filmmaker, ‘Quake City Rumblers’

Stephen Marino 
Filmmaker, ‘TROG‘, ‘The Frozen Few’

Ian Beaudoux
Filmmaker

JP Defaut
Photographer, Storyteller, Filmmaker, ‘I Am This Motorcycle’

Paolo Asuncion
Filmmaker, ‘The Boutonnier’,  ‘Dirtbag 2 ROTR’

Wolfgang Bloch 
Artist, Photographer

Cam Elkins 
Filmmaker, ‘Stories of Bike’

Heidi Zumbrun 
Photographer

Laurent Nivalle 
Photographer and Filmmaker

John Christensen 
Photographer, founder of Oil&Ink Expo

Chris Illman 
Historian, Vintage Sprint Racer

Götz Göppert 
Photographer

Nick Clements 
Photographer, Filmmaker, Publisher of Men’s File magazine

Michael Lawless 
Writer and flat-track racer, Ehorseman.blogspot.com

Michael Calvin Wilson 
Design Director for Popular Mechanics

David Morrill 
Historian, bike builder, has-been racer racer, Deadly Dave’s Blog

Alp Sungurtekin 
Land Speed Record bike builder, engineer, Alp Racing + Design

John Landstrom
Founder, Blue Moon Cycles

Gestalten 
Publisher, ‘The Ride’, ‘The Ride: 2nd Gear’, ‘The Chopper: the Real Story’, Gestalten.com

David Royston 
Vintage motorcycle Enthusiast

Claudia Vitarelli 
Writer, Brand Consultant

Jean Bourdache 
Author, Historian, Journalist, blogger.

Zoe David 
Architect, Racer, Constructor

Bhuvan Chowdhary 
Writer, Rider

Tim Huber 
Writer, Rider

Dave Clark 
Brough Superior Expert

Peter Domorak 
Photographer

Ken Aiken 
Author

Amy Shore 
Photographer

Maximilian Funk 
Writer, Photographer, Editor

Uwe Rattay 
Photographer

Jodi Johnson 
Photographer

Sophia Vassiliadis
EV Editor for The Current News

Dr. Wendy Pojmann 
Professor of History, Siena College. Coffee fanatic.

Adil dal Darukhanawala 
Author, editor Fast Bikes India

Austin Johnson 
Star of ‘Sugar and Spade, OG badass.  Rest in peace, friend.

Gary Boulanger
Journalist, Motorcycles Are Drugs


David Goldman 
Photographer/Filmmaker, creator of The Motorcycle Portraits


Mark MacInnis 
Filmmaker (‘Sugar and Spade’)


Arabella Anderson 
Writer, for TV (Transparent, Riverdale, etc) and other media. Her IG is @arasmella and her Twitter feed is @_arasmella.


Nadia Fugazza 
Film Producer, ‘ADV:Overland’


Fabio Affuso
Photographer based in London and Naples. Find him at his website and Instagram.

Nadia Amer 
Editor at The Vintagent, journalist and filmmaker.

Ty Tuazon 
Executive Assistant.  Philippine drag racer, multilingual badass.

Andy Romanoff 
Photographer, Cinema camera technician, member of The Academy of Motion Pictures

Harry Fryer 
Columnist for the Current: The Hack.  Founder/CEO of Blaise Electric. Employee/Investor at The Bike Shed Motorcycle Co, London

Greg Hatton 
Photographer and filmmaker. Former race marketing specialist at Falken Tire and racing development with Alpinestars.

Brian Waddington 
A storyteller who uses images more than words. Old school biker, pastor, lighthouse keeper, photographer.” He lives in Dumaguete, Philippines.  Check out his blog here.

Michael McCabe
A New York City tattoo artist and cultural anthropologist. He is the author of New York City Horsepower, Kustom Japan, New York City Tattoo, Japanese Tattooing Now, Tattoos of Indochina, and Tattooing New York City.

Catherine Oconnor 
A historian and journalist reporting on women in supporting roles, the Springfield Mile, DuQuoin Magic Mile, and the Hogroast: When Honda Smoked Harley in the 1980s.

Brendan Pollecutt 
A director, actor, and writer, who contributed the story The Man From Mars.

Stephanie Weaver
EV Editor for The Current News, writer, rider. Linkedin / Instagram

Paul Hughes
Professional chef, writer, and photographer.  Check out his website Chef from Hell, and his Instagram here.

Cristine Somer Simmons
Author of ‘The American Motorcycle Girls’, ‘Cannonball Diary’, and ‘Patrick Wants to Ride’, Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee, a 5-time Motorcycle Cannonball rider, and podcast host.  Her website is here.

John Lawless
Freelance motorcycle writer. Check out his website here, and his Instagram here.

Scott Rook
A history teacher and father to 3 teenagers in his non-motorcycle life

Edward Kunath
Corporate refugee, Merchant Marine engineer, car and bike collector/restorer

Mike Blanchard
Photographer, musician, writer, publisher of Rust Magazine. Read our profile of Mike here

Vladimir Nekola
Tehuelche collector/restorer/historian in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rich Ostrander
Custom motorcycle historian, best known as ‘Dr. Sprocket’

Mark Lapriore
Former air-cooled car restorer turned vintage camera fanatic.

Doug Boughton
Lifelong motorcyclist who enjoys sharing his experiences. Co-founded the MotoGiro USA with Bob Coy.