Olivier Dalle: Olivier moved to La Jolla from Paris seven years ago and is currently working as a French professor at Palomar College in San Marcos. Aside from teaching his native language, he has alwys been interested on traveling and writing. He spent hour years in the Middle East and has published several books about Cairo and Beirut, focusing on culture and local life instead of tourist sites. He then relocated to the UK and traveled extensively in Africa, Brazil and Asia before finally arriving in the US, where he worked for a non-profit organization dedicated to staging contemporary art exhibitions in Washington DC. After a brief return to France, Olivier settled in California with this wife Aline, where he was quickly inspired to create a new collection of books focused on the diverse local communities of San Diego.
Paul Burlingame: Paul's passion for creating imagery started 30 years ago in the field of film photography. Other artistic pursuits have included the line drawing of faces on annual trips to Europe over a period of 10 years, pottery, figure painting, and, for the past several years, photographing people on a weekly basis. He opened a studio and started his own photogrpahy company in 2007 (www.paulburlingamephoto.com). Paul is inspired by fashion (especially European magazines such as Vogue Italia), modern music, furniture and paintings. A native of Boulder, Colorado, Paul has lived in La Jolla for five years and in the San Diego area for the past 12 years. His work has been shown at a variety of lacations including Amsterdam, display windows for vintage dress shops in San Diego, and at the Linkery Restaurant in North Park.
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