C PEOPLE
Who’s who behind the scenes of this issue, plus their favorite California places BY ER I C KA FRA N K L I N
Roger Davies Kerstin Czarra “Talk to Diane [Keaton] for 30 seconds and you’re swept up in her passion for design and preservation,” says Kerstin Czarra of her subject for “Annie’s Halls,” p.126. “She has a deep love for all architecture and California history.” Czarra has held editorial posts at One Kings Lane and Martha Stewart Living, and recently co-authored Nathan Turner’s I Love California, featured in “Full Plate,” p.37. C SPOTS • McCall’s Meat Fish & Co. in Los Feliz for the best organic meats, seafood and pastries • Lodge Room in Highland Park is a great music venue in an old Masonic temple • When writer’s neck happens, I see Hector at The Now in Silver Lake
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Sam Frost Jordan Wise As a professionally trained chef, San Francisco-based photographer Jordan Wise has a special enthusiasm for capturing food and restaurants. “I look up to Dominique Crenn,” says Wise of shooting the Michelin-starred chef for “French Ambassador,” p.85. “She appreciates the art and storytelling just as much as the food.” C SPOTS • Pelican Inn in Muir Beach transports you to a pub in the English countryside • When in L.A., I love driving up to Mount Wilson with friends • Sol Food in San Rafael, a Puerto Rican spot that is full of color and flavor
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“This shoot was in an old part of the city that felt new to me and in a new home that felt old to me,” says photographer Sam Frost, who captured interior designer Tamara Kaye-Honey and her family at home in Glendale for “One of a Kind,” p.110. Known for his portraits and interiors, Frost, a frequent C contributor, has trained his lens on everyone from the Haas Brothers to Kelly Wearstler. He currently resides in Venice with his wife and two children. C SPOTS • Amoeba Music in Los Angeles to record hunt • Corners of the Mouth in Mendocino for an old-school health food store • The pond in Albion to swim amongst redwoods
Nicole Hollis “The original architect, Julia Morgan, was a pioneer for women working in this field and has always been an inspiration to me,” says Nicole Hollis, the eye behind the home featured in “Fresh Approach,” p.118. With a team of more than 30 designers at her eponymous San Francisco-based firm, Hollis oversees projects in locales from Hawaii to Colorado. Her most recent work is the newly opened Coffeebar in Menlo Park. C SPOTS • The Planar Pavilions install at A-Z West in Joshua Tree is remote but so cool • The gallery installations at Hauser & Wirth in Los Angeles • True Laurel in San Francisco for cocktails
DAVIES: CARLO DAVIES. HOLLIS: LAURE JOLIET.
Photographer Roger Davies has been called on by contemporary design greats such as Nate Berkus and Tichenor & Thorp to document their spaces. The Englishman turned Angeleno has traveled the world for publications such as Architectural Digest and Elle Decor, and captures a Europeaninspired Bay Area estate in “Maison d’Etre,” p.130, for this issue. C SPOTS • Yuca’s taco stand in Los Feliz • Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City is a dangerous place for a photographer with a book fetish • Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn
