STATEMENT: No Ka Home O Ka Hale Kahiko (Relics of a Vanishing Land) is a eulogy for vanishing Hawai'i, demonstrated by imagery taken along the Hamakua and Hilo coasts on the east side of Hawai'i Island. Much of the area is unchanged from what it has been for decades; in fact, it is more of the romanticized throwback that many tourists picture when they think of Hawai'i but rarely see during their megaresort vacations. Here there is still open space and wild growth. It is a place left behind by time. And that is what I portray with this imagery: a sense of place and a sense of loss. .

PROCESS: These images were shot using a variety of iPhones with plastic Holga lenses jerry-rigged to them.

MATERIALS: Archival Pigment Print on Baryta Paper with Hand-Applied Cold Wax

PRESS:

Inside the Outside, 3/2/21

Lenscratch, Aline Smithson, 10/10/20

AWARDS:

Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2020 Juror’s Award, Portfolio

A Smith Gallery’s The Imperfect Lens Director’s Award/Rainstorm Outside Akaka Falls/Sophia With Lavalava Cloth in Hilo

EXHIBITIONS:

Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2020, Pacific New Media (entire portfolio)

Kipaipai Fellows Exhbition, Kahilu Theater Gallery, Waimea, Island of Hawaii (entire portfolio)

The Imperfect Lens, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX (Rainstorm Outside Akaka Falls/Sophia With Lavalava Cloth in Hilo)