Pacific Pictures Credits




Pacific Pictures
570 Iwalani Street
Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 USA
Tel: 808 959-6986
Fax: 808 959-9382
Email: johnpen@gmail.com

John Penisten is an independent photojournalist and writer based in Hilo, Hawai`i; manager of Pacific Pictures, a photo agency specializing in images of Hawai`i and Pacific Rim destinations; author of the general guidebooks,Experience the Big Island: The Road to Adventure, Mutual Publishing, Honolulu; Fodor's Hawai`i and Fodor's Big Island of Hawai`i guidebooks Big Island chapters; Hawai`i-The Big Island, 7th. ed. and Kaua`i-The Garden Island,, 7th. edition, Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA, and Adventure Guide to Hawai`i, Hunter Publishing, Edison, N.J.








Recent Article-Photo Credits



"Best Affordable Honolulu Restaurants," text, www.travelmuse.com
In the Heart of Honolulu's Chinatown," text, www.travelmuse.com
"Hawaiian History for Kids," text/photo, www.travelmuse.com
"The Big Deal About the Big Island," text/photos, www.travelmuse.com
"Family Fun on the Big Island," text/photos, www.travelmuse.com
"Best Beaches on the Big Island," text, www.travelmuse.com
"Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatories," text/photos, www.travelmuse.com
"Old Meets New in the Heart of Japan's Honshu Island," text/photos, International Travel News, www.intltravelnews.com
"Safe Haven in Old Hawai`i," text, The History Channel Magazine
"Finding Christmas Magic in Seiffen, Germany," text/photos, Christmas Magazine, www.christmasmagazine.com
"Experiencing Germany's Christmas Markets," text/photos, Christmas Magazine, www.christmasmagazine.com
"Discovering Honolulu's Chinatown," text/photots, Verve-EVA Airways Inflight Magazine
"Children of Paradise," text/photos, Polynesian Airlines "Polynesia" Inflight
"Kauai is a Dream Vacation," text/photos, Hawaii Tribune Herald
"Chinatown, Honolulu," text/photos, Hawaii Tribune Herald
"The Other Grand Canyon (Kauai)," text/photos,Hawaii Tribune Herald
"Rediscovering the Big Pineapple," text/photos,Hawaii Tribune Herald












Book Credits



Experience The Big Island: The Road to Adventure, Mutual Publishing, Honolulu, HI; general guidebook, author/photographer


Kaua`i-The Garden Island, 7th.ed., Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA; general guidebook, author


Hawai`i-The Big Island, 7th. ed., Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA; general guidebook, author


Adventure Guide to Hawai`i, Hunter Publishing Co., Edison, N.J.; adventure guidebook, author and photographer


Hawaii, 2nd. ed. Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, MN; juvenile pictorial book; contributing photographer


New Zealand-Land of the Long White Cloud, Dillon Press, Minneapolis, MN; juvenile pictorial book; contributing photographer


Honolulu, Dillon Press, Minneapolis, MN; juvenile pictorial book; author and photographer




Client Publishers-Organizations-Companies










Aloha Festivals Hawai`i Anaheim Hilton Hotel
Bank of Hawai`i Moonlight Lodge-New Zealand
Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation
Big Island Group Newmans South Pacific Tours
Koloa Landing Cottages-Kaua`i Radisson Kaua`i Beach Resort
New Zealand Tourism Board Onizuka Space Center-Kona, Hawai`i
Destination Hilo Diamond Head Papaya Co. Hawai`i
Encarta Encyclopedia Houghton Mifflin Company
Guam Visitors Bureau Hotel Bora Bora-French Polynesia
Hawaii Visitors Bureau Lerner Publications-Minneapolis
Salem Press Rarotongan Resort Hotel-Cook Islands
Sheraton Fiji Resort Tongariro Lodge-New Zealand
Sydney Marriott-Australia University of Hawai`i at Hilo
U.S. Marine Turtle Research Westin Maui-Hawai`i
Weldon Owen Inc. Tsunami Marketing





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