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COURTESY HAWKINS BIGGINS
A traditional Chinese lantern decorates a building on Pauahi Street.
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Textures of Chinatown
Longtime photographer Hawkins Biggins gets a sense of place through the architecture around her. "I've lived in a lot of cities in the world and love finding and capturing the history of the place, which can be found in the buildings," she said.
Biggins is currently working with University of Hawaii assistant professor Scott Groeniger on a project juxtaposing Honolulu's Chinatown with cities in China. The photos displayed here are part of that ongoing project, which is slated to open next year at Hawaii Pacific University.
"Hawaii has such a rich culture and connection to the East, and I like capturing that."
Biggins has been shooting photographs for 24 years. After graduating from the New England School of Photography in Boston, she worked as a photography assistant and manager of an architectural photography firm.
She grew up in Hawaii, and after returning to the islands has been working as a freelance photographer.
"I do anything from portraits to some architectural interiors. I'm pretty much all over the board. But my love and my passion is my architectural work," she said.
Biggins' work has been exhibited in various venues around Honolulu, including the Balcony Gallery and the ARTS at Marks Garage. More of her images can be seen at her Web site, hawkinsbiggins.com.
COURTESY HAWKINS BIGGINS
A pigeon finds a spot to roost among the juxtaposing lines of a building on Hotel Street.
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A man walks in the shadows of buildings in Chinatown.
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The sign of a noodle shop on North King Street casts shadows on produce boxes.
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Painted shutters, red brick and a corrugated roof line mark a building.
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Old and new buildings are contrasted in this view from Maunakea Street.
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