IN-SIGHT offers captivating view of ocean life by Hawaii photographer

Kaua‘i, Hawaii, December 3, 2007 – Kaua‘i photographer Bruna Stude's IN-SIGHT is a little black art book full of gorgeous ocean imagery, and it comes to bookstores at the beginning of December. The author, who spent most of her life working and living at sea, summarizes the ocean world with just a few paragraphs in her photography book, allowing the reader to follow her story through the imagery via intriguing image titles and creative groupings. In sum, the book tells a story about Stude's journey and the environs she truly loves.

"When I photograph in the ocean, I look to find and capture the magnificence of that which is common and universal to it," Stude explains. "By illuminating the extraordinary, I try to create awareness and inspire reverence."

Stude's recent art showings include "Contemporary Landscapes" at the Millard Sheets Center of the Arts in Pomona, California, "Art Kaua‘i 2007" by the Kaua‘i Society of Artists in Lihue, and Artists of Hawai‘i 2007 at the Honolulu Academy of Art in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. She is currently working on her upcoming solo exhibition at The Kaua‘i Museum for summer 2008.

Acclaim for the artist:

"Bruna Stude invites us to a sublime journey under water, which is her everyday world – a place where one dimension is lost and another one is gained. She creates light-drawings using her camera, almost on location photograms. The water, the light, and the marine inhabitants and visitors are her brushes and palette. The contour lines created by these elements function as membranes, which allow our gaze to shift among the elements in her photographs."
– Tal Yizrael, Photography Coordinator, Millard Sheets Center For The Arts, Pomona, California

"Bruna chooses creatures who have no voice, who are often misunderstood and forgotten because they are merely beautiful but silent. Bruna speaks for the creatures who can't, and by listening to her and seeing them as she sees them, I'm humbled by the capacity we humans have to think more meaningful thoughts, create a better existence for us to live and build a life, and respect this world and all who share it."

– L.J.C. Shimoda, artist and gallery director of The Kaua‘i Museum

Publisher information:
IN-SIGHT is distributed by Booklines Hawai‘i, a division of The Islander Group. For more information, see www.booklineshawaii.com or call 1-877-828-4852.

The 108-page book is printed in debossed soft cover. The pages are hand-sewn, with a debossed belly band made from natural craft paper. A hard-cover, limited edition of the book, numbered and signed, is available at www.brunastude.com.