A photographer and writer who is inspired by the beauty and spirit of the South Pacific, Debra Behr likes going off the beaten path to find new images. She's kayaked in Fiji's Yasawa Islands, trekked in Aussie rain forests, galloped ponies in Rarotonga, cycled Aitutaki and relished a rainbow over Kalalau Beach.
Raised on a East Coast barrier island, she hasn't been landlocked since she graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Dave Bjorn, a photographer based on Oahu's North Shore, specializes in images which capture the unique lifestyle of that part of the island, including windsurfing and board surfing.
His eye for light and color, combined with a keen imagination, create a surrealistic feeling in his images.
David Boynton, born and raised on the island of Oahu, received his B.A. in Anthropology in 1967, and a Secondary Teaching credential in 1968 in Biological Sciences from U.C.S.B.
Working as a teacher, writer, and a photographer, he has lived on Kaua'i for the past 19 years. He helped to organize the Kaua'i Group of the Sierra Club, has been an active member of the Conservation Council for Hawaii (the local NWF affiliate), and works with the Koke'e National History Museum.
In 1990 he became the environmental resource teacher for Kaua'i District. His current project is to establish an outdoor education center in Koke'e State Park for the DOE. His broad knowledge of Hawaiian natural history, especially birds and native flora, led to his being featured in a film on the Alaka'i Swamp, and to assisting with the filming of the Emmy award-winning National Geographic Special called "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise."
Rick Carroll covers the Pacific Rim with a Nikon and notebook. His images include Rapanui, Huahine, Rarotonga, Ni'ihau, Tawi Tawi and Jolo. His books include Chicken Skin: True Spooky Stories of Hawaii, Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales I, II, III and IV, Travelers' Tales Hawaii, and Huahine, Island of the Lost Canoe.
Jim Cazel resides on the island of Maui. His work has been published in National Geographic Books, Travel & Leisure, Sunset and Outside magazines. He has a degree in Psychology and Oriental Philosophy.
A Honolulu based photographer, Ann Cecil's work has gained her international recognition. With her lens, Ann has captured the many blessings of the Hawaiian Islands -the scenery, the culture, the people. Ann's images can be found throughout the islands and the world in advertising, calendars, postcards, books, magazines, and brochures. Beyond Hawaii, Ann'stravel photography has taken her to such diverse locales as California, Washington, Arizona, Chicago, the Canadian Rockies, New Zealand, and Europe. Her assignments have included work for the Hawaii Hotel Network, Tauck World Discovery, Sunset Magazine, Aloha Section PGA, Island Heritage, and Falcon Press Publishing. Ann's published works include images in Travel and Leisure, American Express, National Geographic Traveler, Hawaii Magazine, Mothering Magazine, and various Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau publications.
After over 33 years in paradise, Ann still remains under the spell and romance of Hawaii. Her books DISCOVER OAHU, DISCOVER KAUAI and REFLECTIONS OF KAUAI can be found wherever Island Heritage Publications are sold.
Ann was recently honored by the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau's "Keep It Hawaii" program. As a member of the Alternative-Hawaii.com team, she was co-recipient of the distinguished Kahili Award in the Internet Category for preserving and perpetuating Hawaiian culture.
Monte Costa, born and raised in Hawaii, holds a B.A. in Environmental Conservation and Management and is currently a freelance photojournalist.
As staff photographer for Sea Life Park and Waimea Falls Park, her images have also been published in numerous magazines and featured in books, such as Discovery, Life and National Geographic.
Her photos have been used by the Bishop Museum, the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the Hawaii Maritime Center, and many others.
Jennifer Crites is a Honolulu-based photographer and writer whose work covers a wide range of subjects from island culture and traditions to contemporary lifestyles and science. Her words and images have appeared in Hawaii, Honolulu and Islands magazines, among many other publications; and her clients include advertising agencies, musicians, retailers, nonprofit agencies, educational institutions and families.
To date, her favorite travel assignment has been to cover archaeological findings on the remote Chilean island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), where she also documented the local lifestyle and landscape (some of her images are on display at jennifercrites.smugmug.com) . She is the co-author and photographer of a nature book, Sharks and Rays of Hawaii, but finds photographing people much more to her liking.
Tami Kauakea Winston, formerly Tami Dawson, is both photographer and stock photo agent. She is the owner of Photo Resource Hawaii Inc. located in Kailua on the island of Oahu.
Over the past twenty years her company has grown to represent over seventy photographers and distribute images of Hawaii and the Pacific worldwide through a network of international agencies.
In 1998 PRH went digital and is now distributing a CD-rom catalog with thousands of lo-resolution images for use in layouts and client mock ups.
High resolution files are available on demand.
Her own work is primarily focused on people photography, Hawaiian culture and health issues. She is a mother of two and is originally from Minnesota but migrated to Hawaii over twenty five years ago.
Her love for the islands and interest in the culture has made Photo Resource the only stock library representing Hawaii in its most authentic sense, including a large file of Hula, native birds, endangered plants and historic sites.
Photographer George Fuller has been writing about adventure, golf and travel for more than 15 years. His assignments have taken him throughout the United States, Asia, Polynesia, Europe and Mexico.
He has seven books to his credit. The two most recent are: "Discover Hawaii's Best Golf," (text and photography) published in February 1999 (Island Heritage Publishing) and "Hawaii: Adventures In Nature" published in October 1999 (John Muir Publishing).
His writing and photography has been published in many newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times Magazine, TIME, San Francisco Chronicle, Palm Springs Life, San Francisco Focus, GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest, LINKS, Successful Meetings, Honolulu and many others.
George has reported on sports from Hawaii for Reuters and United Press International (UPI). He has also written for Copley News Service and is an on-line travel correspondent for the PGA of America (pga.com and golf.com). He is currently based in Carmel, California, running the website GolfREVIEW.com.
Barbara Haynor is a photographer and a supervising editor at Index Stock Imagery in Denver. She lived in Hawaii for 5 years and photographed the people and landscapes of the various islands.
Her photographs have appeared in Sunset magazine, HAWAII magazine, Pacifica Magazine, The American Red Cross, Hope International calendars and many others. Her work from India has been in several galleries in New York and California.
She continues to photograph people, which she enjoys most.
Jack Jeffrey is a long time resident of the Big Island and a wildlife biologist, Jack is intimately familiar with Hawaii's hidden valleys and remote rainforests.
He combines a naturalist's curiosity with a photographers' patience and technical skill to capture Hawaii's rare forest birds, plants and other natural treasures.
He is co-author on two books on Hawaii's birds and has had images published in National Wildlife, Audubon, Smithsonian, Natural History, Life, Pacific Discovery, as well as many text books, calendars and postcards.
Tor is from Santa Cruz, California, but he hasn't spent much time there. At
the ripe old age of seven, his parents took the entire family sailing down
through Mexico, Central America, and through the Panama Canal. Tor learned
photography while sailing through the Philippines and the Pacific. Tor now
speaks fluent Japanese, holds a Masters degree from the University of
Hawaii, and works and travels out of Hawaii as a photojournalist
specializing in adventure travel. He photographs and writes on sailing,
surfing, and the outdoor adventure lifestyle, and is published throughout
the world. Some of Tor's most recent work involves sailing through French
Polynesia and across the Pacific as captain of a sailboat.
Val Kim is a member of ASMP and is represented by Photo Resouce Hawaii and its affiliate, Stone, part of Getty images. She studied with Joel Meyerowitz in the Tuscany Workshops. She is currently working as a feature film Location Manager in Los Angeles. She was Writer/ Director on "Waging Peace", her first documentary film, which she co-produced with two other women in the film industry. At one time working in Psychatric Counceling at Castle Hospital amd Queen's Medical Center, she recieved her Masters Degree in Public Health at the University of Hawaii. Kim, who is of mixed Okinawan and Korean ancestry, was born and raised in Hawaii.
Nikolas Konstantinou specializes in underwater photography and film production. He grew up diving with his mother, noted marine scientist Dr. Eugenie Clark.
Niki has worked with the National Geographic Society, the Cousteau Society, the Discovery Channel, and CBS News special events.
His photographs have been published locally and internationally.
G. Brad Lewis is internationally recognized as a leading volcano photographer. His lava flow images have appeared in numerous publications, including National Geographic, Time, Life, Newsweek, Outside, Summit, Omni, Outdoor Photographer, GEO and Stern. His work is also used in advertising, books, calendars, and stock. Brad's collection of fine art prints, "LAVART", is shown in exclusive galleries and exhibitions around the world. His nature images have gone before Congress and were exhibited at the Earth Conference in Rio. Brad lives in Hawaii, on the flank of Kilauea, the most active volcano on Earth.
"The goal of my photography is to further the viewers understanding and appreciation of the natural world. To contribute, on a global scale, photographs that help us comprehend the bigger picture. In this series of images, "LAVART", I utilize movement, light, and texture of volcanic activity to open human emotions to the pulse of the earth. I have chosen Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii as my primary subject. Nowhere else on earth is creation happening on a continual basis at such a rapid rate. I find it crucial that there exist visual reminders that the earth is alive and fulfilling an agenda of its own. It is my desire to continue generating positive inspiration by focusing on photography that captures this essence of creation, beauty and raw power."
Anita Manning brings her extensive knowledge of Hawaii to her photographs, and to film, education, history, and biology projects. In education projects, she explains Hawai'i in plain speech to teachers, students, to Elderhostelers, and to visitors from around the world. Anita thinks of her images as telling a story at that same level of understanding. Images should call you to look at them more than once. They should make you happy, sad, mad, or glad. Even if you think, "Oh, yuck!" or "Ouch", Anita is pleased. You heard a story.
When not making photos, Anita pursues several part time activities. She enjoys fixing [assisting] for filmmakers on Hawaii projects. Past projects include Alakai, wettest place on earth, (NHK, Japan), War Wrecks of the Coral Seas (BBC/WNET) , State of the Planet (BBC / Discovery), Going Wild with Jeff Corwin, Wild Islands (Green Umbrella, Bristol), and Midway, Island of Life (BBC / Discovery).
Clark Merritt of WildHare Images, a Southern California photojournalist, fell in love with Hawaii during his 10 years assignment with a Hawaiian tour operator.
His lifelong passion for surfing and windsurfing has helped to develop a strong bond with the Islands from her people to all her natural beauty.
Steven Lee Montgomery has worked intensively, beginning in 1968, for legislation which created a state network of reserves to protect samples of Hawaii's native plant and animal communities, and geological sites. He worked for six years as the State Natural Areas Specialist. At the University of Hawaii, he earned a Ph.D. Degree in entomology. Because of Steve's discovery of new trees, herbs, and insects, a dozen island species were named after him.
He was both a subject of, and a scientific a advisor for, the Emmy award-winning National Geographic Special called "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise." Currently, in addition to biological consulting, he is a Research Associate at Bishop Museum. He is a long time member of the board of the Conservation Council for Hawaii, and has represents the Council to the National Wildlife Federation.
Kenneth M. Nagata works at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the plant protection and quarantine division. A botanical consultant, he is the author of Hawaii's Vanishing Flora.
He is also affiliated with the Bishop Museum's botany department.
Jon K. Ogata, a Honolulu based photographer, was born and raised on the island of Kaua'i. His work includes travel, environmental, nature, and scenic subject matter. He shoots with both 35 mm and medium format cameras. Jon is a long-time member of the Sierra Club.
An avid outdoor enthusiast, David enjoys hiking, the ocean, surfing, and recently began exploring the vast world of underwater photography. THE ISLANDER GROUP just recently published a view book featuring David's creativity and vision of Maui entitled MAUI THE VALLEY ISLE. He truly values the freedom and creative expression stock photography brings.
Robert worked for 20 years in the natural healing arts in his home state of Michigan until semi-retiring to the Big Island of Hawaii. There he continued to pursue his photographic interests in nature on land, and began to venture into the realm of underwater images of the dolphins, sea turtles, and other marine life that make the local bays and ocean their home. Longing for the woods and nature of his home state, Robert moved back to Michigan in the fall of 2004. The interconnectedness of all life is what leads Robert into nature for both the experience and the images he makes.
Mark Rauzon is a wildlife biologist specializing in ornithology and vertebrate predator control. Formerly with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, he has studied sea birds and endangered marine mammals in Hawai'i, Alaska, and California. He has extensive experience inprograms to remove rats and cats from atolls and to enhance populations of threatened seabirds and shorebirds. He is the author of 20 nonfiction science books for children. Isles of Refuge: The History and Wildlife of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Univ. of Hawaii Press, won the 2002 Ka Palapala Po'okela Awards presented by the Hawai'i Book Publishers Association for Excellence in Writing Nonfiction and honorable mention in Excellence in Natural Science and Excellence in Illustration. Rauzon is also an illustrator and award-winning photographer having won the Sierra Club, National Wildlife Magazine and Nature's Best contests.
Recognized world wide for his exciting surf & sailboard images Clay Rogers has been shooting in the islands for 6 years. If Clay is not on Maui you will find him traveling all over the pacific rim in search of the perfect wave. Some of his clients are Billabong, Dakine, Neilpyrde, SurfTech, Local Motion, just to name a few. You will find his work regularly published in magazines such as Surfing, SGM, Transworld, & Windsurfing here in the U.S., Windsport in Canada, Surf Trip Journal & Hi-Wind in Japan and in Europe Kiteboarding and Surfer's Magazine.
Franco Salmoiraghi has lived and photographed in Hawaii since 1968. His photographs are featured in many books and periodicals locally and internationally.
Franco's work reflects an intent to photograph the landscape, its people and places, clearly and directly so that the true essence of their spirit is illuminated.
His black and white photographic prints of Hawaii are treasured and extensively represented in the collection of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and many other public and private collections.
Marc Schechter has specialized in advertising and editorial photography for over 15 years. A resident of Hawaii for over 25 years, his studio is located in the heart of downtown Honolulu. His talents include his gentle and caring approach with people, his sense of humor, and his fine tuned sense of technical and artistic excellence.
Joe Solem, a native of Wisconsin, moved to Honolulu in 1976 after graduating from the University of Oregon with a BA in Fine Arts. He paid his dues at a local black & white darkroom, a Waikiki nightclub photography lab, and as a staff photographer at a commercial photography studio. On his own since 1989, his base is a large and well-equipped studio in downtown Honolulu.
Joe's clients include designers, advertising agencies, retailers, artists, and non-profit organizations. His photographs have been published in Eyewitness Travel Guide to Hawaii, Honolulu Magazine, Honolulu Weekly, Bishop Museum's Ka Elele, USA Today, Hawaii Business Magazine, and other newsletters and brochures.
Contact Joe Solem for film and digital assignments at (808) 533-3063, or by email at joesolem@lava.net
Heather Titus, a Hawaii resident for over 15 years, finds these Islands provide her with an unending source of inspiration. In Nature there are many unpredictable qualities, as a photographer timing is an essential element; the right moment emerges when light and subject are embraced in harmony.
With passion to reveal the existing beauty throughout Hawaii, her images convey exquisite moments of harmony within the eternal rhythms of these unique islands. Her fine arts prints, screen savers and mouse pads are sold in retail stores on the island of Oahu.
Mark was raised in Hawaii and has lived on the Big Island for more than 15 years, where he has been pursuing his love of photography. Photographing people in the Hawaiian environment and how the two relate holds the greatest fascination for Mark.
Whether using film, digital or a combination of the two, different
photographic techniques allow Mark to emphasize patterns, textures and the
beauty that is Hawaii. Mark's photographs are in collections around the world.
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