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; owner-photographer 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,2005, Mutual Publishing, Honolulu; Fodor's Hawai`i 2004 & 2005, Fodor's Big Island of Hawai`i 2007 Big Island chapters, Fodor's Travel Guides; Hawai`i-The Big Island, 7th. ed. 2000, and Kaua`i-The Garden Island,, 7th. edition, 2001, Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA, and Adventure Guide to Hawai`i,1999, Hunter Publishing, Edison, N.J.








Recent Article-Photo Credits



"Old Meets New in the Heart of Japan's Honshu Island," text/photos, International Travel News
"Safe Haven in Old Hawai`i," text, The History Channel Magazine
Hawai`i Drive-In Volcano," text/photos, Verve-EVA Airways Magazine
Seiffen: Germany's Christmas Craft Capital," text/photos, International Travel News
Germany's Christmas Markets," text/photos, International Travel News
"American Samoa 101: An Island Introduction," text/photos, Go World Travel
"Edge of the Abyss: Hawai`i's Drive-In Volcano," text/photos, Go World Travel
`Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii," text/photos, Hawaii Westways
"Discovering Honolulu's Chinatown," text/photos, Verve-EVA Airways Magazine
"Finding Adventure in Honolulu," text/photos, Polynesia, Polynesian Airlines Magazine
"Chasing Rainbows in New Zealand," text/photos, Hawaii Island's Magazine
"Waltzing Matilda," text/photos, Hawaii Island's Magazine
"Uluru," text/photos, Hawaii Island's Magazine
"The Other Samoa," text/photos, Polynesia, Polynesian Airlines Magazine
"Aitutaki Adventure," text/photos, Hawaii Tribune Herald
"Rendezvous in Rarotonga," text/photos, Hawaii Tribune Herald
"Four-Wheelin' Fun," text/photos, Hawaii Magazine
"American Samoa," text/photos, Hawaii Tribune Herald
"Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatory," text/photos, Polynesian Airlines "Polynesia" Inflight
"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, 2004, Mutual Publishing, Honolulu, HI; general guidebook, author/photographer


Kaua`i-The Garden Island, 7th. edition 2001, Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA; general guidebook, author


Hawai`i-The Big Island, 7th. ed. 2000, Prima Publishing/Paradise Publications, Roseville, CA/Portland, OR; general guidebook, author


Adventure Guide to Hawai`i, 1999, Hunter Publishing Co., Edison, N.J.; adventure guidebook, author and photographer


Hawaii, 2nd. edition 2002, Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, MN; juvenile pictorial book; contributing photographer


New Zealand-Land of the Long White Cloud, 1990, Dillon Press, Minneapolis, MN; contributing photographer


Honolulu, 1989, 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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