The Rivington Hotel

In collaboration with photographer EJ Camp and Impossible Project, we transformed the interiors of The Rivington Hotel into a tribute to the icons of New York’s Lower East Side. The concept was simple: create a living portrait gallery that captured the raw, electric spirit of downtown culture.

Dozens of oversized Polaroid portraits, shot on original Impossible Project film, lined the restaurant and hotel walls—each one an intimate, unfiltered glimpse into the soul of a New York legend. From Debbie Harry and Moby to Kim Ann Foxman, Paul Sevigny, Jay McInerney, and Fred Austin of Katz’s Deli, the series honored the voices, faces, and forces that gave the Lower East Side its texture—through music, literature, nightlife, and unmistakable presence.

The project blended analog imperfection with sharp editorial curation. Timeless, tactile, and quietly subversive—it offered guests more than décor: it offered a moment of reverence for the city’s creative lineage.