CONTRIBUTORS
CHRISTOPHER DIBBLE (“Carving One’s Own Path,” page 52) has made pictures for Architectural Digest, W, Flaunt, Paper, Bust, and Sight Unseen, among others. He is based between Portland and Los Angeles. AILEEN KWUN (“Second Nature,” page 72) is a writer and editor based in New York. She is the author of Twenty over Eighty: Conversations on a Lifetime in Architecture and Design (Princeton Architectural Press). Her work has appeared in Dwell, Architectural Digest, Fast Company, Interior Design, Metropolis, and Wallpaper*, among others. NATALIA ILYIN (“Identity Theft,” page 62) is a professor of design at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts. She is also a founding faculty member of the MFA in graphic design at Vermont College of Fine Arts and has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, Yale University, the Cooper Union, and the University of Washington.
Behind the Lens CHRISTOPHER GARCIA VALLE is a New York–based photographer whose work has appeared in Vice, OUT, Surface, and the Portland Mercury, among others. He also shot the portrait for “Paradigm Pushers,” on page 46. Below, he recounts his experience shooting architect Francis Kéré (page 76). “AS WE SET UP FOR THE SHOOT AT NEW YORK’S UNION SQUARE CAFE, WHERE A PRESS LUNCHEON WAS ENDING, I COULD SEE FRANCIS ACROSS THE ROOM SPEAKING WITH REMAINING GUESTS AND ADMIRERS. He wore
gray slacks and a white button-up with a navy cardigan—casual but sleek. He had a soft smile and expressed his interest in the mechanics of my camera and lighting. He explained that he’d recently purchased a camera in the hope of documenting his work someday. Not ready to call himself a photographer, Francis discussed how he found the math and magic behind the process to be fascinating. “The most surprising moment was when Francis hugged me at the end of our shoot. I was so focused on getting the shot that when we wrapped, I immediately started looking through the photos only to realize he was coming in for a hug. I put down my camera and we embraced. It was a humble gesture that solidified the rapport we’d built in such a short time.”
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KATHRYN O’SHEA-EVANS (“Next Wave,” page 98) is a Coloradobased contributing editor at House Beautiful and writes for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Her first book, Veranda: A Room of One’s Own (Hearst), was published in April. SHYAM PATEL (“Space Jam,” “Sartorial Secrets,” page 40; “Tribal Knowledge,” page 45) is a fashion writer and market editor based in New York. His work has appeared in Paper, Cool Hunting, CFDA.com, and MR Magazine, among others. JESSE TREECE (“Identity Theft,” page 62) is a selftaught collage artist living in Seattle. He makes each artwork entirely by hand, using vintage ephemera and found images.
