From the shoreline toward the mountains. Photographs paired with ʻōlelo noʻeau.
21 Hawaiʻi photographs · Open a photograph to read its story
FURTHER AFIELD
Ma waho o Hawaiʻi
Beyond Hawaiʻi · 19 photographs
Photographs from journeys outside Hawaiʻi.
Explore all 19 photographs
READY FOR THE WATER
BEHIND KUAHAKA
Home is the starting point.
Photography by Shane Keliʻi Valdez, rooted in Hawaiʻi & drawn to the world’s wild places.
The collection begins with Hawaiʻi, from the shoreline to the mountains. Alongside the photographs, ʻōlelo noʻeau offer ways to consider our relationships with these places & with one another.