Participants

Martyn Thompson is a photographer based in New York City who specializes in still life, interior, beauty, accessory, fashion, and travel photography.

Stella Schnabel was born as Stella Madrid Schnabel. She is an actress and producer, known for Rampart (2011), At Eternity's Gate (2018) and Spring Breakers (2012).

Richard Kenvin is Director of the Hydrodynamica Project at UC San Diego. He writes for The Surfer’s Journal and is the guest curator of the Surf Craft exhibition.

For the action-seekers, attention-getters and rabble-rousers, The Roxy Hotel and its surrounding neighborhood have long been a hub of creativity. Consider that steps away, in 1978, the Mudd Club was the nexus of the city’s underground music and art scene with a gallery curated by Keith Haring. The Talking Heads were performing at Tribeca’s Ocean Club. Then came the era of The Odeon, Keith McNally’s still-open dining destination, catering to the movie and financial people colonizing Soho and Tribeca’s lofts.

The Tribeca Grand was the first major hotel in an area home to boldface celebrities and a dynamic mix of restaurants, shops, financial institutions and thriving independent film companies. Envisioned by Soho Grand owners Leonard and Emanuel Stern to be a sister property, Tribeca Grand long thrived.

In 2015, it was time for a second act. The name “The Roxy Hotel Tribeca” was born, a name with its own scintillating New York history. Evoking the spectacular 1920s movie theater and the legendary ‘90s dance club, The Roxy is an electric destination for music, film, and art. The guest rooms were fully renovated to give a wink to the past, yet are modern and uniquely “Roxy”. And with venues like Paul’s Cocktail Lounge, The Django jazz club, Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee, Blackstones Salon and the newly renovated Roxy Cinema, the hotel continues to be the pioneer it was born to be.

Pilgrim Surf + Supply is a surfboard oasis to the many ocean-loving New York surfers. Located in Brooklyn and featuring many preeminent California surfboard builders, Chris Gentile has built a trusted showcase.

Joe Curren is a photographer and art framer based in California. He is also a writer, a designer, a second generation shaper and woodworker, and a Patagonia brand ambassador.

A native of Santa Barbara, Joe now lives in Crescent City, a small town on California’s north coast hemmed in by mountain ranges, “wild and scenic” rivers and Redwood National Park.

Britton Caillouette grew up in Orange County and studied history at the Center for the North American West at Stanford. A self-taught filmmaker and musician, his passion for documentary photography and personal storytelling grew from traveling and immersing himself in foreign cultures, at home and abroad. His work finds beauty in everyday moments, juxtaposing gritty realism with a graphic, cinematic style. His films and photography explore themes of place, mythology, and connections to Nature. Britt lives on a historic farm in Northern California.