Bruce Behnke

Bruce Behnke has been taking photographs since he was eight years old, when his grandmother gave him an old box camera. While studying at Taiwan National Normal University he had the opportunity to photograph Asia extensively. He received his Master of Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California. For the past decade he has photographed the natural beauty and wildlife of the Hawaiian Islands, Polynesia, Japan, Mexico, Canada, and China.

Bruce makes all of his own archival quality prints in limited editions of ten to twenty-five copies.

He considers Honolulu, Hawaii his home.

I am primarily a nature photographer interested in the abstract.

I only use natural light. I believe that natural light, especially the light of early morning or late afternoon, provides the most gentle and subtle balance of color, more interesting shadows and unique angles of illumination. I especially like to capture the unusual in the play of light found in the juxtaposition of various natural elements; the solitary ray in a forest illuminating but a single frond; the setting or rising sun backlighting the waves of the Pacific Ocean or leaves in a forest; or the dance of reflected light and refracted light...

Master of Arts Degree, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont California

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Past Exhibits:

everything is related
everything changes
pay attention

A solo show by photographer Bruce Behnke held at the
Mu-Ryang-Sa Buddhist Temple's Exhibition Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Catalog available on artist's website.)

"Ao" One artist show at the Louis Pohl Gallery, Honolulu.

Monthly exhibit as Artist in Residence at the Louis Pohl Gallery, Honolulu.

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Current Exhibits:

Honolulu International Airport; 3 rotating exhibits currently on display.

"Hawaiian Style" Magazine
"Gallerie"
First Quarter, 2007 Issue

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Photography Instructor for:
-ARTS at Marks (Hawaii Arts Alliance)
-Native Nations Educational Foundation
-University of Hawaii's Lyon Arboretum,