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DAVIS LIITTSCHWAGER AND SUSAN MIDDLETON / ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE Realistic portraits of nature by Davis Liittschwager and Susan Middleton are intended to call attention to Hawaii's endangered flora and fauna. At right is the Nananana Makak'i or Hawaiian Happy Face Spider.

‘Remains of a Rainbow’
returns

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The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center is hosting an encore display of "Remains of a Rainbow," a stunning collection of portraits of Hawaii's rare and endangered plants and animals by acclaimed wildlife photographers Davis Liittschwager and Susan Middleton.

The exhibition, sponsored by the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, is open free to the public.

Liittschwager and Middleton's compelling portraits isolate individual species on a black or white backdrop to focus in on their beauty, complexity and the intelligence of nature's designs.

DAVIS LIITTSCHWAGER AND SUSAN MIDDLETON / ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE A portrait of the Nene Goose is one of several nature photographs on view at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center through Jan. 31.

On visiting Hawaii in 1993, the photographers learned how precarious life can be for Native Hawaiian species. "It was like a light bulb going off in our heads," Middleton said.

"We did not undertake this work to memorialize plants and animals," Liittschwager said. "Quite the opposite. We wanted to call attention to their plight, with the hope that for most of them it is not too late."

The project resulted with a book of the same title.

The exhibit is in the Ilima Court on the ground floor of the shopping center at 2201 Kalakaua Ave. through Jan. 31. Special event parking of $1 an hour (five-hour maximum) is available in the RHSC garage, with validation at the visitor's center in the Fountain Courtyard.

The exhibit was last shown at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in fall 2001. For more information, call 922-2299.

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