Lehuanani C. Waipā Ah Nee, Na Kanikupe’e I ke kai(The Sound of the Kupe’e When it Falls into the Ocean)
Lehuanani C. Waipā Ah Nee
1981-
Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian
Alternative Name
Lehua Waipa Ah Nee
Date
2008
Medium Specific
Digital print
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
11 x 16 1/2 (27.9 x 41.9 cm.), Framed: 19 x 25 in. (48.3 x 63.5 cm.)
Accession Number
2022.20.10.28
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
I am merely just a medium between my culture and the rest of the world. I do what I do because I have to. Hawai’i and its people are rare species of beauty and culture. As a photographer I get to be at the sites and the events to absorb and fill my senses with all things Hawaiian. Through my lens I get to share with the world my culture, my traditions and my customs. I am a servant to my culture and my talent is only a vessel that carries on our Hawaiian values and traditions. E ola mau ka mo’omeheu Hawai’i… Long live the Hawaiian culture. April 2009
Biography
Born in Hilo, Hawai’i in 1981, Lehuanani “Lehua” C. Waipa Ah Nee grew up in the Hawaiian Homestead community of Keaukaha, Hawai’i. As a Native Hawaiian photographer, Lehua has found herself immersed in perpetuating her Hawaiian culture through photography. Initially starting as a hobby, photography soon became an indigenous expression of herself and her people. Her ancestral lineage and knowledge passed down by generations before has kept her grounded spiritually and emotionally in Hawai’i. Through her photography, Lehua has been able to capture a native essence of being Hawaiian.
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