fine art photography
THE JUNGLE
The Jungle is a photographic journey of an adaptive urban neighborhood in Waikīkī that explores how people acclimate to and connect with rapidly changing environments. These images are social landscapes, portraying the effect of humans in the ongoing evolution of a district of Honolulu. The photographs mix documentarian traditions of lens-based capture with appropriated images from popular culture creating a visual narrative of transformation. The origin of this small corner of Honolulu was swampland that evolved into farmland that is now bedeviled by all of our modern urban ills. The photographs are claustrophobic, capturing details of architectural juxtapositions that emphasize the density of the neighborhood and encapsulate aspects not usually associated with a Hawaiian lifestyle.