A RARE AND gifted photographer; Levin takes the reader on journeys through underwater landscapes from the waters of the Hawaiian Islands to Costa Rica and Micronesia. Levin's photographs have appeared in magazines and books including Kalaupapa, A Portrait and Kaho`olawe, Na Leo o Kanaloa. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Wayne Levin has photographs in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, and the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the ArtsThomas Farber has been awarded Guggenheim, National Endowment, and Rockefeller fellowships for his fiction and creative nonfiction. His books include, The Price of the Ride, On Water, and Learning to Love It. Farber has been Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawai`i, Fullbright Scholar for Pacific Island Studies, and recipient of the Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Prize.

Through a Liquid Mirror

Arts & Photography

Thomas Farber

Wayne Levin

Individual Artists

Bess Press, Inc.

A RARE AND gifted photographer; Levin takes the reader on journeys through underwater landscapes from the waters of the Hawaiian Islands to Costa Rica and Micronesia. Levin's photographs have appeared in magazines and books including Kalaupapa, A Portrait and Kaho`olawe, Na Leo o Kanaloa. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Wayne Levin has photographs in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, and the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Thomas Farber has been awarded Guggenheim, National Endowment, and Rockefeller fellowships for his fiction and creative nonfiction. His books include, The Price of the Ride, On Water, and Learning to Love It. Farber has been Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Hawai`i, Fullbright Scholar for Pacific Island Studies, and recipient of the Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Prize.

Photography & Video

Editions Ltd

FOR CENTURIES, akule have been bountiful here in Hawai'i. In earlier times, villages posted lookouts, kiloi'a, above the bays, to alert everyone to the akule's seasonal arrivals. Easy to see when gathering in the shallows, the dense schools would form riverine patterns, like ribbons blown afloat, unfurling scrolls, the tails of kites, silk scarves carried away in the wind, bursts of fireworks - then suddenly contract into a writhing sculpture, a vortex, unscrolling again and moving on. The Hawaiian language distinguishes each growth stage of the species. The small ones, pa'a'a, are two to three inches long; halalu are five to six inches long; and the adult akule are seven to twelve inches. The immature akule arrive in autumn. Too small for netting, the little halalu are caught by hook - sometimes without bait - bunching together tightly to feed. In spring, the school returns as mature fish. While observing the many kapu involved with fishing, entire communities of Native Hawaiians once swam out with baskets, or loaded their caneos with olona nets to gather them. Today, commerical fishermen use aircraft and sonar to locate akule, then net them by the ton. Wayne Levin's images command our attention whether or not we have any special knowledge about akule, What's harder to account for and name are the emotions and sensations they evoke in us.

Akule

Frank Stewart

The photos in this volume explore a rich and complex history of one of Hawaii's uninhabited islands. For many years, supporters have worked to heal this island, which was used as a military test site for many years.

Kahoolawe: Na Leo O Kanaloa

Rowland B. Reeve

Native Books

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Books by Wayne Levin

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Through a Liquid Mirror

Through a Liquid Mirror

Akule

Kahoolawe: Na Leo O Kanaloa