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Kalo o’ Hanalei

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Kalo o’ Hanalei

$1,200.00

Title: ‘Kalo o’ Hanalei’

Series: Nā ʻAumākua

Location: Kauai, Hawai’i

Size: 22×17 in (55.8×43.1cm)

Date Created: September 2nd, 2020

Medium: Pigment on Museum Archival Parchment

Editions: Signed 1 of 25 Editions Unframed

Description: Captured in the sacred Hanalei Valley on the north shore of Kaua‘i, Kalo O’ Hanalei is a visual meditation on place, ancestry, and resilience. The photograph centers a thriving kalo (taro) field beneath the emerald cliffs and veiled waterfalls of Hihimanu Ridge, a region imbued with Native Hawaiian agricultural legacy and spiritual reverence. Known as the elder sibling of mankind in Hawaiian cosmology, kalo is not merely a crop—but a symbol of kinship, sustenance, and land stewardship.

Gillilan’s masterful use of natural light and shadow evokes the primal relationship between sky, water, and earth. His framing recalls 19th-century ethnographic landscapes, yet resists exoticization, instead grounding the work in contemporary ecological awareness. This piece belongs to the ongoing series Nā ʻAumākua, a photographic exploration of ancestral food systems and mythologies across the Pacific.

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