2011 HAWAI'I PHOTO EXPO WINNERS

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MASTERS DIVISION
 

Joe Laceby

Joe Laceby is an artist living along the Hamakua coast on the Big Island.

Using imagery taken from random stops in life, he takes a step back from the standard digital print and produces cyanotype, (sunprint) that becomes the foundation to an explorative visual journey. Each cyanotype is individually printed and worked by hand with a variety of applied surface treatments. The process of creating a cyanotype leads to one of a kind prints. Editions are not made since each print varies and is not always reflective of the original negative.

Out of the Rain

Maiki Cofer

Based in Ka'u, I specialize in landscape and portrait photography.  Photography has been my way of connecting with the world in a shared experience. In my personal photography I  typically focus on subjects that are often overlooked by the causal observer, but I also enjoy capturing the natural beauty of the islands.
 

Ancient Times

J.D. Griggs

While I was using my digital equipment in a somewhat traditional way, this creature appeared in my finder. It was moving very slowly and didn't seem dangerous, so I had plenty of time to search out my own point of view. I made the print to reflect and share this moment, suspended in time.
 

Lava Tree, Hawai'i Volcanoes
National Park

Mary Goodrich

As the years go by, my interest in photography continues to deepen and my way of seeing the world changes.  I am always looking for unusual things that might well escape notice unless I look at them without labeling them as what they are.   For example, this lava tree has a face.  I didn’t put it there – this is a natural formation.  What I did was dodge and burn to make the features more noticeable.  Framing the lava tree was also important.  It is done portrait style to best show that this is what the image is to me.  The sky was featureless and I added some atmospheric background in Photoshop.  I use Canon equipment, a T2i camera, 3 Canon lenses and almost always, a tripod.

Wall of Containment

Jayne Pinc

Aloha!  Originally a country gal from mid-Ohio, I have lived also in Seattle, Arizona, and wilderness areas of Alaska.  I am now living a lifetime dream in the Hawaiian Islands (for over 20 years).  The beauty of this island forms the backdrop of my landscape photos and I have a special affinity for trees, forests & flora, and the enigmatic nostalgia of the older buildings found here.  After many years enjoying photography, I now tend to view the world as compositions seen thru a finder and enjoy both the immediacy of the snapshot and, by printing, the permanency of the final art form.

Kalaemano Sunrise

Yvonne Yarber Carter

Michael Cromwell

Since childhood, I’ve always been drawing, painting or taking pictures.

Early on, my interest in nature was readily apparent and my creative efforts often included close-ups and details of subject matter. My fine art is inspired by the Hawaiian environment and consists of abstract compositions, photographic and mixed media collages, still life compositions and nature photography. Aside from single, digital photographs, my creative process often includes a combination of digital photography combined with traditional and/or digital “mixed-media”. Utilizing the camera as a means to collect imagery and my computer as a means to combine, manipulate and enhance the imagery, I am free to make innovative visual statements. I usually start with raw files of photographs I’ve taken, then add as intermediate steps, digital tools, scans, drawing, painting, etc., and finish with a digitally created final master.

Michael Cromwell

Hansen Tsang

My photography journey began when I could hold onto a Kodak Instamatic camera. My father gave me a Rolleicord twin lens reflex camera when I was 8 years old. I have never stopped capturing images since then. Currently I focus on creating architectural images for realtors. I specialize in elevated or low altitude aerial photography to give the viewer a different perspective of the subject. I also enjoy portraiture, landscape, underwater or just about any genre of photography.

ENTHUSIAST  DIVISION

Randall Gerber

My photographs have typically been very personal mementos of family, friends, and travel.  As such, good or bad, they are enjoyable to me.  Entering the Hawaii Photo Expo has piqued my interest in capturing images that capture the interest of a broader audience, an elusive goal.  I’ve become partial to photographs that reflect the wear of time and experience.  Thus, old doors, peeling walls, and abandoned buildings grab my attention and imagination.  I hold a similar fascination with the weathered faces of hard-living individuals.  Though technically and personally more difficult to photograph, I hope to rise to the challenge for next year.

Christopher King

I am fortunate, as part of my work, to travel to and photograph unusual parts of the world. I am continually frustrated by the difficulty of conveying on digital media what I see, hear, smell and feel as I travel. Gold Harbor is such a place - a remote beach in the late afternoon, covered with thousands of noisy King Penguins, assorted bawling sea lions and fur seals and surrounded by high surf and towering mountains and glaciers. Opportunities for photographs abounded but this is my favorite as it gives a small idea of the magnificence of nature in general and Gold Harbor in particular. 
 

Starr Kealaluhi

Noel Morata

STUDENT  DIVISION

Georgia O’Keeffe once explained that “to see takes time.”  Of course, this is the case with life in general, but I have also found it particularly true in the field of photography.  When I settle down to take a picture,my breath seems to slow and outside concerns simply slip away.  Only the space within the frame matters.  Flowers, tree roots, a knife and fork resting on a plate—these things, however small, take precedence.  Sometimes, a few moments spent looking, can bring a strange, new world into focus.

Richard Cummings

This photo was taken in UV light with fluorescent paints.
 

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

To be determined