In 2026, for a show entitled Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i, juried by L.A.-based photographer Aline Smithson, 75 works were selected from among 400 entries. My image, “Cleanup on Nutcracker Aisle,” was chosen for its “interesting content, technical mastery, and originality.” It was purchased by Ballet Hawai’i.
Read MoreA native of Kyoto, Dr. Genshitsu Sen is the 15th-generation Grand Master (Iemoto) of Urasenke, which is one of the most widely-known schools of Japanese tea.
Attending a lecture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I was struck by the vitality of this gentleman, who was 99 years old at the time I photographed him.
He credits his health and longevity to a daily dose of green tea.
Read MoreDuring a portraiture workship in Brooklyn last year, I was fortunate enough to spent a good part of it with Tyler, an extraordinarily photogenic young man. This image of him was my favorite; it’s that moment between poses —the pause—that somehow reveals a soul, in a quiet way.
Read MoreThe couple in “Waimanalo Gothic” are actually dear family friends.
When they told us they were engaged to be married, I jumped at the chance to memorialize this milestone. I love that their playfulness emerges without even a hint of a grin in this formal composition.
Read MoreI was able to catch this Polynesian young man – far from home but never far from phone – pondering in the shade before the start of the King Kamehameha Day parade in downtown Honolulu.
Read MoreI photographed this striking Hawaiian warrior, wearing a traditional helmet, at the start of the parade honoring Kamehameha the Great, the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Read MoreI was photographing a ground blessing in the Papakōlea neighborhood for a new home to be built for a multi-generation family with the help of volunteers from Honolulu Habitat for Humanity. As I was packing up to leave the site, so was the family.
Read MoreAs part of my “Backyard Geographic” series, I have been looking for opportunities to create photographs without getting on a plane during the Covid pandemic.
Read MorePositioning myself at the top of a parking garage, I framed the shot and waited patiently for a passerby to hit his mark. The marks on the sidewalk and the converging lines of the curb cuts suggest that the subject is an actor on a stage, referencing the Hawaii Theater without identifying it by name.
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