Biography

In 1982, I left behind 5 years as a photographer with the Kamehameha Schools to switch careers and move into broadcast video at KGMB, the local Hawai'i CBS affiliate. At the time, the station and it's production arm, Hawai'i Production Center, maintained the highest standards for quality and integrity. That's where I wanted to be! So, I put down my Nikons, stopped shooting stills, and dove into video production. That is, until a honeymoon trip to Tokyo in 2012, where I went from timid vacationer to passionate documentarian in nothing flat! After a couple of documentary video trips to Future Light Orphanage in Phnom Penh, I went back, alone, with my stills camera. For nine days, when I wasnʻt shooting video, I immersed myself in the city. I adopted a set of constraints that would define the work: one camera, one lens, black and white, square. Working as a photojournalist in Phnom Penh gave me a new frame of reference. Social humanist photography is the same, whether cinema verité or stills.

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People of other cultures living their everyday lives fascinate me, and I want to share my observations. The act of shooting on the street helps me see the extraordinary in the ordinary, helps me to more fully experience a place. I work to capture the spontaneous, un-self conscious actions of people. It's taken me a good while to really understand how my work changes me, impacts my humanity. I gladly take up the mantle of the last humanist.

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I am also available for interesting assignments in the fields of science and natural history, documentary, and people throughout the Hawaiian Islands, and beyond. Please contact me, tell me more about your cool project!

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