Shane Sakata Photographer

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Shane Sakata Photographer

Fine Art Photographer Based in Honolulu My photographs are the tangible result of me questioning the world around me.

I am more aware of, and engaged with, the world around me because of my photography practice. Simply put, photography enhances my life and I hope that by sharing my work I am somehow able to enhance your life (and maybe even the walls of your home or office) too!

10/07/2026

Homage: the Americans: A Tribute to Robert Frank - It was so rewarding to spend some time thinking about the images that Robert Frank might be drawn to make in contemporary Hawai’i. I’m honored that Lava Tube Waikiki is included in this exhibition hosted by Griffin Museum of Photography & curated by Executive Director Crista Dix.

The Lava Tube, located blocks from world renowned Waikiki beach, is emblematic of the mismatch between a nostalgic image of Hawaiʻi that has been embedded in our consciousness and a reality that risks reducing Hawaiʻi, its indigenous people and cultural traditions, to a series of oversimplified and easily consumable images.

Through annexation and eventual statehood, the residents of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi became Americans just one year after Robert Frank’s The Americans was first published in France.

09/03/2026

I’m debuting two new zines and some old favorites at First Friday tomorrow September 4th at Capitol Modern with artandflea

Hawaii Zine & Print will have a table and there will be a variety of zines and even some postcards available. We’d love to see you there!

There will be lots of great vendors, music and the art galleries will be open so why not make a night of it?

Ho’okupu is my first one page accordion book. It comes packaged in velum along with my artist statement. High Wires is a tiny zine about well, wires, and it’s bound with, you guessed it, wire! Come check both out tomorrow at First Friday.

07/30/2026

What’s on my worktable? Vol. 2

My worktable has been a bit all over the place for a while now. One day I’m working on a zine and the next I’m laying out a full length photo book with work from a multi-year project.

My worktable is evidence of my commitment to build a rewarding creative life.

I’m in the process of combining my tourism images with a large collection of old postcards and other vintage ephemera into a book. It’s no small task but it needs a balance of intense work and space to move it forward. Sometimes I need to change the channel and let my subconscious work on things for a bit.

As many of you know, I co-founded Hi Zine & Print and it has grown organically to become something far greater than I could have ever imagined. The creativity and generosity of the zine makers is palpable and contagious. As a result, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about and making zines and that’s what’s on my worktable right now.

This is the final draft of a small zine dummy titled “WIRED”. Folded to include vellum “endpapers” and bound with jewelry wire and a crimp bead “WIRED“ is an exercise in the combination of form and content that I hope elevates both.

It’s what’s on my worktable…what’s on your worktable or computer screen? What is inspiring you?

07/06/2026

What is on your worktable? More on my worktable in a bit…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about community and about authenticity vs. curation. Much of my creative work doesn’t fit into a curated view of the projects I’m working or my wider artistic interests so I don’t post much anymore.

There has been a lot of chatter lately about the dreaded ‘algorithm’ but I think that’s really beside the point and it’s something that we very little control over. What we do have control over is our story, what we share and how we engage with each other.

My feed is about to get messy - some might say “real” - but it will be authentic and it will represent what I’m inspired by, what I’m working on, and how those things combined might become manifest in the finished work I put out into the world someday.

Moving forward, I’m going to try and use this platform more thoughtfully, not every day, but more often. I will engage more and work to build an online community that inspires me, challenges me and enriches my creative life. Join me?

Now back to what’s on my worktable - a messy array of cut up copies including a few of my images and a whole lot of Hawaii ephemera that I have collected over the last few years. I’m working on laying out collages inspired by Jim Goldberg and The Official Dan Eldon Account and exploring ways of integrating this material with my photographs of the Hawaiian tourism landscape.

What’s on your worktable or computer screen? What is inspiring you?

04/30/2026

Come out and see my latest zine “The Precipice” at HEART of Honolulu on Saturday, May 9th in Chinatown. I’ll be joining 20 other makers from Hi Zine & Print near the corner of Hotel Street and Nuuanu Avenue from 11am - 4pm.

The Precipice is what I'm calling a hybrid zine - part copy shop and part handmade - all my original images alongside some vintage newspaper accounts. Come out to see it or just to say hello - I’d love to see you!

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