Patrick Cariou is an acclaimed photographer whose work synthesizes documentary and fine art image making. His photography has been collected in three monographs, Surfers (powerHouse Books, 1997), Yes Rasta (powerHouse Books, 2000), and Trench town Love (779, Editions, 2003). Guy-Laurent Winterstein was born in France and has Manouche Gypsy roots. He is a writer and filmmaker. Winterstein is the director of the film Romanistan (2007).