Alpin and Dana led me up a rickety ladder to an empty room in a java plum high above the Hamilton’s main house. While setting up the tripod and camera, I was surprised to see these “earth children” hippie kids pull out a mirror, makeup kit, hairbrush and start preening. Three walls of windows, an opaque plastic skylight roof and venetian blinds created ideal lighting for this unnerving “coming of age” portrait.
“My best friend was Alpin, Bobo's daughter. Me and Alpin hung out a lot together. Alpin was only nine and I was thirteen in this picture. We were the trashy little teenagers, free souls who had no idea what was in store for us. Alpin’s mom was a real heavy drinker and Alpin had a hard time dealing with that. She started getting into heavier drugs. We would drop acid and run the trail to Hanakapiai topless. I spent a lot of time trying to protect Alpin from the local boys. That was our time of growing up. It was probably the safest place I could have grown up. Had I been in the city on the mainland where I'm from, I probably would have been a lot worse, so I don't regret it at all.” — Dana Mitsui
PHOTO PRINTS
Prints are on Hahnemuhle heavyweight (315 gsm) 100% archival cotton “Photo Rag Baryta” paper, using archival inks and archival spray coating. They have a 200-year life expectancy before any deterioration of the print will be observed when stored, handled, and displayed under archival conditions.
CANVAS PRINTS
What is often called “Gallery Wrap Canvas” is a fine art inkjet (Giclee) print on canvas, with printed edges to wrap around a wooden stretcher frame, like a painting. With canvas prints, your print image is still the same size, but given a "wrap effect" around the edges to account for the thickness of the stretcher. Canvas can be rolled and shipped with no effect to the print. Your local framing shop should be able to mount the canvas to stretchers at a fraction of the cost of traditional framing, making for an overall more economical way to get fine art on your wall. The canvas is printed to wrap around a 1-inch stretcher (1.5 inches on larger sizes). Specifications will be provided with your order. Feel free to contact us if you need guidance with your canvas order.
John prints, titles, dates, and signs all of his photos.
CUSTOM ORDERS: For custom orders of prints shipped flat, framed, or as stretched canvas, contact sales@wehrheim-productions.com