Congratulations to Philippe Gross, local photographer and friend, who won Best in Show for the Honolulu Magazine’s 2008 Photo Contest.
Great shot, Philippe! (You should buy lunch for the guy who encouraged you to enter.)
While I can’t stand over-the-top advertising and the saturation of public places with adverts, I do acknowledge that it does keep talented artists fed and clothed. In my opinion, good advertising — strong emphasis on good — is more art and delight than product pimp. Of course, my opinion means nothing. In any case, let me whore out this one great piece of advertising promoting SHS Teen Clothes. It’s funny and well shot. (Hello Kitty’s skull is freaky cute.)
Philippe Gross is an acclaimed local photographer in Hawaii and a good friend. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin posted this full-page feature of his work on Monday, November 10.
Photojournalist Callie Shell has some of the most poignant shots of Barack Obama on the campaign trail. Here are two of my favorites, but I also like the photo of Obama doing a pull-up and the photo of him cleaning up after himself before leaving an ice cream shop. Visit the full gallery.
Beautiful photo (not painting) by Nazif Topçuoğlu.
I stopped by at Whole Foods’ grand opening to see what I could see.
The store basically looks like the souped up Safeway on Kapahulu Ave. It’s nicely lit with bars of every kind (seafood, salad, pasta, olives, and more). One thing different is that they have a make-up counter. Go figure.
One immediate benefit is that they do provide a seating area so now the “cool people” who like to hang out at Kahala Mall have more seats to sip their fair trade cappuccinos or smoothies and browse the Web on their Macs and/or iPhones (though I’m not sure if there’s wireless access). Thankfully, this lightens the pressure on the seats at Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and the halls of Kahala Mall.
For those who want to gawk at the latest in store layout strategy and product presentation, the Whole Foods is where Star Market used to be in Kahala Mall (4211 Waialae Ave., Suite 2000, Honolulu HI 96816).
