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 Meccanica. Instagram
Greg Williams
Profiles Editor at The Vintagent, journalist, author at gregwilliams.ca Linkedin / Instagram
Michael Lawless
Flat Track Editor at TheVintagent.com. Rider, racer, writer at Ehorseman.blogspot.com. Linkedin / Instagram
Sasha Tcherevkoff
Chairman of Motorcycle Arts Foundation. Linkedin / Instagram
Kim Young
Director at 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. Linkedin / Instagram
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
Bill Phelps
Photographer, Filmmaker
Conrad Leach
Artist
Gary Inman
Publisher of Sideburn, journalist
Rita Minissi
Freelance Creative, Photographer
Hermann Köpf
Co-Publisher of BRUMMM Magazine
David Lancaster
Writer, Publisher, & Filmmaker
Kristina Fender
Photographer. Rest in peace, friend.
Ian Barry
Artist, co-founder of Falcon Motorcycles
Maxwell Paternoster
Artist
Dennis Quinlan
Blogger, Historian, Jazz Musician
Alexander Papastrawou Filmmaker, True Motion Pictures[ /vc_column_text]
Timothy Pickering
Writer & Co-Publisher of Franklin’s Indians
François-Marie Dumas
Author and Journalist
Mick Duckworth
Motorcycle journalist and author
Chris Hunter
Founder of Bike Exif
Sebastian Schelly
Filmmaker, True Motion Pictures, Voe
Sven Arning
Filmmaker, True Motion Pictures, Voe
John Joss
Motorcycle Journalist
John de Kruif
Antibody Engineer, Motorcycle Historian
Martin Squires
Artist & Founder of Sketchbook Travels
David Martinez
Photographer, Filmmaker, ‘The Ended Summer’. See all his films for The Vintagent here.
Jacqui Carriere
Filmmaker, ‘Two Stroked: A Love Story’
Michael Lichter
Photographer, co-Author ‘Cafe Racers’ (with Paul d’Orléans)
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
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’
Jared Zaugg
Founder, Legends of the Motorcycle Concours
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.
R.K. Keating
Historian and Author: ‘Wheel Man: Robert M. Keating, Pioneer of Bicycles, Motorcycles and Automobiles’, and ‘Velodrome Racing and the Rise of the Motorcycle.’
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.