Dom Francis x AARP
Hello there Jane!
Thanks for taking a look at these interesting folks. Happy to elaborate on any of them or their stories for you and AARP. I think any one of them could be a great fit and have wonderfully aesthetic businesses and lives that could showcase portraits, wide-shots, and details beautifully.
Thanks for your consideration,
Cheers- Dom Francis Pellegrino
GEn-X’er
Greg Pellegrino
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Vintage Motorsports Garage
Greg Pellegrino opened up his dream auto shop to do one thing, help keep his customers American Muscle Cars in tip-top shape. And that’s just what he’s been able to do, even amidst the pandemic of 2020. He owns and runs Vintage Motorsports Garage, the cleanest auto shop you’ve ever seen, while mentoring the next generation of highly specialized vintage mechanics.
Libby Delana
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#thismorningwalk
I’ve been working with Libby Delana, also known as @parkhere on instagram, for a few years. She’s the raddest, baddest, creative I’ve ever met. Up everyday before sunrise for her daily #thismorningwalk, which has grown into a whole movement and cult following of her teachings, she’s been interviewed on podcasts and for publications, cast as a brand ambassador by Clinique, and she’s even writing the book on the practice of a daily walk. She’s a pilot in training, founder and creative director of the agency Mechanica, and an avid outdoorswoman, hiking, fishing, and adventuring her way around the world. She’s a truly inspiring creative soul who’s managed to help and inspire folks get through 2020 with her daily ruminations about the simple act of a daily morning walk practice.
GEn-X’er Graham McKay
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Lowells Boat Shop, America’s oldest Boat shop
Graham Mckay is the Master Boat Builder behind Lowells Boat shop, which is America’s oldest continually running boat shop, located in Amesbury MA. Graham overseas restoration and launches of some one-of-a-kind and beautiful old wooden boats, including the Mayflower’s recreation Shallop, the companion boat to Plimoth Plantations Mayflower II recreation.
Gen-X’er JOhn Bisbee
American Sculptor
John Bisbee is a true character. Working out of an eclectic studio near the rocky coast of Maine and making his artwork for three decades exclusively with the “Bright Common Nail” otherwise known as large nails, John has created a name for himself in the art world by doing one thing, and always differently.
John is a craftsmen and eccentric artist who gives everything to his creations.
Chef Antonio Guerrero
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Cafe Azteca
Chef Antonio Guerrero opened his restaurant, Cafe Azteca, in Lawrence Massachusetts in 1994 and has since won awards and a loyal customer base, coming from all over New England to delight in his traditional, authentic and homemade Mexican meals.
The physical restaurant has gone through hardships during the 2020 pandemic and it’s especially heart-breaking as part of Cafe Azteca’s mission is to share the heritage, artworks and crafts from Antonio’s yearly visits back to his home country with his dine-in customers.
Gen-X’er Todd Moen &
his Leather Shop
“Sweet Trade USA”
Todd is a Gen- X craftsmen. Working solitarily in his beautifully and eclectically styled workshop in Warren Rhode Island, he takes his inspiration from the nearby Sea. Designing and creating small-batch leather goods, from belts and wallets to bracelets and keychains one at a time, the old fashioned way.
Todd is a bit of a quiet old soul, preferring to tinker all day in his workshop by himself and let his finely crafted, nautically inspired leather goods do the talking.
Gen X’er Majka Burhardt
Mountain Climber
Patagonia Ambassador
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badass Mother of 4 year old twins
Majka Burhardt is extreme. She lives in North Conway New Hampshire, trains year round for her gnarly international mountain expeditions and is the mother of 4 year old twins. When not adventuring outdoors Majka is passionately following her heart, as a speaker, ambassador and founder of “Legado” a global venture that protects the world’s most threatened mountain ecosystems by empowering the people who call them home.
