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A lifelong fan of criminal wars and their consequent war crimes, and later of genocide as well, Mr. Graham was respected on both sides of the aisle. Despite having described the orange pustule in the starkest possible terms as unfit for office, Mr. Graham became one of the suppurating wound of a president's strongest supporters and most reliable allies. There he is, Graham probably thought, and here I am; may as well relax and enjoy it. RIP
Monochrome photo of a surfer about to bail from a sizable Pipeline wave at 'Ehukai Beach on Oahu's North Shore. Spray is blown back from the crest of the collapsing wave by a strong offshore breeze.
Screen shot of a New York Times op-ed titled "Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class," over a cropped monochrome photo from the coreographed New York City "hard-hat riot" in May, 1970.
Color close-up photo of (I think) some blue and red berries on a shrub bordering a riverside cemetery in Hiezu, Tottori, Japan. The berries and a few leaves are in sharp focus, while most of the greenery is blurred to one degree or another depending on distance from the lens. It's pretty!
Monochrome photo of a man in a wet suit and a sun hat surfing in the Sada River estuary off the Sea of Japan, with small waves rolling inland up the river from the bay. The banks of the estuary are lined in concrete as part of flood control measures, and the water is roiled with rip currents caused by the meeting of the waves coming from the bay with the water flowing downstream. Trees line one side of the river above the bank, with a large white building in the background.
Monochrome photo of a fisherman squatting on a seawall by the Sea of Japan contemplating his phone. His bicycle rests against the wall. The sea stretches out beyond the horizon. A streak of lighter-colored water over a submerged sandbar runs about 50 yards into the water from the wall.
Monochrome photo from a small cemetery in Hiezu, Japan, with a large, inscribed marble egg on a granite slab in the foreground, and a range of more traditional monuments extending back to the treeline. A neatly-kept gravel path runs between the two halves of the cemetery.
A self portrait taken in the mirrored sign in front of the Nissui Corp. salmon farming operation in Hiezu, Tottori, Japan. I'm shown in a long-sleeved white shirt, dark glasses and a sun hat with the camera obscuring my face, just as I like it. The sign has characters in both English and Japanese.
Monochrome photo of Glenn Awong leading his band Maoli in concert at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu on June 28 2025. A spotlight pierces the fog behind him. His right arm, covered in tribal tattoos, is pointing skyward as he sings. His head and white cowboy hat are reflected in the plexiglass drum baffle, while the drummer and lead guitarist are dimly visible through the plexiglass and the fog.
Monochrome portrait of Hawai'ian band Maoli frontman Glenn Awong playing a Fender Telecaster. He is wearing an aloha shirt, cowboy hat and sunglasses against a dark background. A lei hangs from the microphone stand and three guitar picks are inserted into the microphone stand swing arm.
Monochrome portrait of an older man carrying a sign reading "NOW I AM A MAD SCIENTIST above a stylized imagine of a figure in a lab coat with smoke coming out of its ears. Below the figure are phrases reading "Support Research, "Science Saves Lives, "Support Education," "Respect the Constitution," and, finally, "Healthy Environment = Healthy Economy." In the background are other protestors and a posrtion of the decorated construction wall surrounding the Hawai'i state capitol building.
Monochrome portrait of a an older man in a t-shirt carrying multiple signs for the "No Kings" protest in Honolulu on Saturday, June 14. In the background is a crowd of other protesters likewise carrying anti-Trump and anti-fascism signs.
Color photo of a Black-crowned night heron perched on a textured mud wall with foliage and a blue sky in the background. His brilliantly colored eye is focused on the camera.
Hand-carved wooden hummingbird perched inside a bird cage, found in a neighbor's yard some years back. The sun shining through the bird cage wires leaves stripes of shadow on the bird and the perch, while the background is blurred and mostly black.
monochrome photo of a honolulu cityscape dominated by rippled clouds extending out toward the horizon at sunset. Small buildings and three large palm trees are silhouetted in the bottom third of the frame, with electrical and communication lines crisscrossing the trees and sky.
A monochrome low-angle photo of pedestrians passing by the entrance to the Tokyu grocery store next to Kanamachi Station in Tokyo. On the right of the frame in the foreground we see long shadows cast by people who are out of frame except for a portion of one foot clad in a New Balance sneaker. The grocery store entrance is in the rear center of the frame, with a line of four passing pedestrians demarcating the upper diagonal third of the frame. The produce section of the store is visible past the store entrance.
A monochrome low-angle photo of pedestrians passing by the entrance to the Tokyu grocery store next to Kanamachi Station in Tokyo. On the right of the frame in the foreground we see long shadows cast by people who are out of frame except for a portion of one foot clad in a New Balance sneaker. The grocery store entrance is in the rear center of the frame, with a line of four passing pedestrians demarcating the upper diagonal third of the frame. The produce section of the store is visible past the store entrance.
Monochrome photo outside Kameari Station in Katsushika, Tokyo. In the left foreground are an elderly couple making their way to the station entrance as the taxi in which they arrived pulls away. In the right foreground is a tableau featuring life-sized characters from a popular manga and anime series based in Katsushika, standing next to a map of the train lines. In the background are various buildings including an apartment block, a McDonald's, a pachinko hall and others.
Monochrome photo outside Kameari Station in Katsushika, Tokyo. In the left foreground are an elderly couple making their way to the station entrance as the taxi in which they arrived pulls away. In the right foreground is a tableau featuring life-sized characters from a popular manga and anime series based in Katsushika, standing next to a map of the train lines. In the background are various buildings including an apartment block, a McDonald's, a pachinko hall and others.
Color photograph of a duck amid ripples on a pond. The reflection of the duck is distorted by the ripples, while the pond reflects the colors of the surrounding trees and foliage.
Monochrome night time photo taken on Waikiki's Kuhio Avenue. Tourists backlit by streetlights and a passing automobile walk toward the camera midframe, casting shadows intermingled with those of the palm trees at the left of the frame. A homeless man sleeps on a low, curved, concrete wall to the right of the frame, next to a lamp post and another palm tree. In the background is one of Waikiki's ubiquitous brightly-lit ABC stores with several people silhouetted in the entrance.
An elevated monochrome view of Yonago harbor in the city of Yonago in Japan's Tottori prefecture. At the bottom of the frame in the foreground is a stand of trees with spindly, bare, wintertime limbs. In the distance is an island marking the entrance to the harbor channel, and between the trees and the island is a stretch of open water bounded on both sides by small peninsulas.
Under an overcast grey sky, an avalanche of heavy white clouds rolls down the mountainside above Palolo Valley on Oahu. Flanking the valley toward the base of the hills at the bottom of the frame sit the white buildings of St. Louis School and Chaminade University, standing out against the hillsides. Climbing the hillside to the left of the frame is the residential neighborhood known as St. Louis Heights.
Monochrome photo of a silhouetted man paddling in the sparkling sunlit waters off the coast of Haleiwa on Oahu's north shore.
A man is silhouetted mid-flight against the clouds as he jumps from the roof of a crowded pavilion at the end of a jetty into the waters off Kuhio Beach in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawai'i. A wave crashes against the jetty as another man perches on the edge preparing to jump. A body boarder can be seen riding that same wave to the left of the jetty. clouds and a mountain fill the background.
Monochrome photo looking down on Chris Burden's Urban Light installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, consisting of more than 200 restored street lamps from the 1920s and 1930s. The lamp poles are arranged in a grid outside the museum entrance. Two museum goers are walking through the installation in step but separated and partially obscured.
Monochrome photo of a homeless man sitting slumped over on a Los Angeles sidewalk. Cylindrical concrete bollards border one side of the sidewalk and a polished concrete wall in which the man is reflected borders the other side. The sidewalk is in shadow; at the end of it is a traffic barrier and a sunlit street corner.
A color photo of a trolley passing a neon-lit bar on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki at night. The long exposure renders the trolley as colorful transparent streaks of light through which you can see the lights of the bar, and people standing outside on the sidewalk along with one person setting out on an escalator up.
Monochrome photo of a construction project showing a partial view of six floors under construction, with protective stairwell railings embedded in unfinished, mottled concrete. A worker crouches in the topmost stairwell shown. The interiors of the floors are completely dark.
Monochrome photo of a foggy pacific ocean beach at low tide, with a shrouded sun reflecting off calm waters. Small waves are breaking along the shoreline, and a lone shore bird hunts for mollusks along the waterline
Moonlight reflecting on Maunalua Bay on Oahu, with the lights of Hawai'i Kai illuminating Koko Head crater in the background below scattered clouds in the sky. To the right of the frame in the background are some palm tree silhouettes above house lights.
Monochrome photo of a crow taking flight from a traffic light stanchion outside Harajuku Station in Harajuku, Tokyo. The crow and the stanchion are foregrounded with the entrance to the station in the background, and the sky is partially cloudy with rays of strong sunlight striking one wing of the crow and one side of the stanchion.
A monochrome photo of a Honolulu cityscape with dramatic clouds overhead, some sunlit homes with white roofs in the foreground, and the Ko'olau Mountains in the background. On the left and right of the frame toward the back of the view are two valleys with rain falling.
A monochrome photo of a sunlit pelican in flight against a cloudless sky, shot from below. You can see the bones in the underside of the wings.
Monochrome photo of a large adult great white pelican in profile, with one eye visible, hunched in a grassy area in front of a woods
Monochrome photo of a large male lion curled up and sleeping in the roots of a large tree surrounded by underbrush, taken at the Honolulu Zoo.
Color photo of a cattle egret perched in profile on an iron railing with a moderately blurred background of fencing and foliage.
Monochrome photo of a homeless man wrapped in a blanket and wearing disintegrated shoes standing on wet pavement next to a pile of clothing, and looking into the window display of a store with a sign reading "Inspired By The Originals," New for Today."