OLAF HEINE ~ HAWAI'I

"Is there any place more thoroughly photographed than Hawaii? Even if you’ve nevervisited the islands, you think you at least know what they look like. Then along comes OlafHeine, with these ravishing images, and you’re confronted with a place that you’ve neverseen before."

William Finnegan(New Yorker Staff writer and Pulitzer-Prize winning author of ‘Babarian Days: A Surfing Life’)

Olaf Heine

HAWAI‘I

Hawai'i is a place of extremes, one of the most biodiverse and pristine regions on earth. But it is also the land of hula and surfing. Over many years, the well-known German photographer Olaf Heine travelled and documented the wonderful world of Hawaii, creating an impressive photographic oeuvre in the process. Sometimes lively and energetic, sometimes melancholic and sensual, but always monochromatic, he succeeds in capturing the intoxicating attitude to life in connection with the decisive forces of this place.

The ocean is omnipresent and the secret architect of Hawai’i. Hawai’i is about the elemental as well as the spiritual significance of the sea. The lively, constantly changing, restless waves of the Pacific determine the rhythm of the eight islands of Hawai’i and their inhabitants. They fuel life here and define the people—whether fishermen, surfers or tourists.

Heine describes the interaction between man and nature and the power and values that arise from it in timelessly beautiful photographs. The cracks of our time and the extent of human activity are shown here with the same force as sensuality, diversity and wild unspoilt nature. In Hawai’i, we begin to understand what creation means.

A captivating illustrated book that reveals and brings closer the opulent beauty of the country, the dreamlike culture and the individuality of the people—whether surf legend Laird Hamilton, musician Jack Johnson or writer Kawaii Strong Washburn. A coffee-table book for anyone who has always wanted to get an authentic and direct insight into what really makes this corner of the world special.

With forewords by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author William Finnegan and the Hawaiian author Kristiana Kahakauwila

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