Wednesday, April 22, 2009
My week of helping teach the photography workshop at the Hui Ho’olana on Molokai with fellow instructors, Rikki Cooke, Dewitt Jones and Theresa Airey has drawn to a close and I can feel the gravity of the mainland pulling me back into its orbit. Leaving the slow pace of life on Molokai to return to [...]
Hear Dewitt Jones read one of his columns from Outdoor Photographer. © Dewitt Jones 2009, All rights reserved. Used with permission. ________________ A chance to slow down and regroup today at the Hui Hoolana. A chance to notice the details, soak in the sun, relax and look at the images that have been taking us [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Pigeons, known as the Molokai Rainbows, fly on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. The pigeons are colored with food dye and are released at special events on the islands of Molokai and Maui. For more information email Clay. Hear Rikki tell the true story of Bungalow Bill. Recorded on the front porch of the Hui [...]
Halawa valley, Molokai, Hawaii. Hear Rikki read “Seeing Simply.” © Richard A Cooke III. Used with permission. WHY IT CLICKS I’m walking down a dusty street in Madurai, India at midnight with close friends, Paul Liebhardt and Dan & Janine Patitucci. At this point in my life, I had been living in Tamil Nadu for [...]
Musicians performing ‘Kaulana Wailua’ during the annual photographic workshop at the Hui Hoolana on Molokai, Hawaii. Listen to the audio by clicking the play button below. ROCKS AND TREES It wasn’t long ago that I was standing in front of some of the most famous photographs of all time at the Boise, Idaho art museum. On [...]
Click the play button to hear Bronwyn’s opening chant. Old friends and new have arrived at the Hui for its annual photographic workshop on the island of Molokai. Formally opening the week, Bronwyn Cooke chants a song in Hawaiian that translates to the following: “Grant us, grant us, grant us, the wisdom from above, that [...]
There is a short list of places in the USA that I enjoy visiting as much as Ketchum, Idaho. The governor of California, along with a long list of celebrities who own houses there, are definitely onto something. It’s a small, close knit community full of great people. In March I had the good fortune [...]