I love black & white and sepia photos with a film noir mood. I also love photoethnography especially in Japan (and am slowly exploring other parts of Asia). I also am rediscovering Europe a bit.
I sometimes have time to take Flickr friends on a photowalk or photo-bike-safari somewhere in Honolulu, especially in the evening. I really loved hanging out with Photo meetups in Tokyo in the past and am happy to return the favor to visitors if time allows.
I also have a few photos at Instagram (especially phone shots) and mostly film albums at Lomography
If you are coming to Honolulu, be sure to check out Treehouse (camera life, film, processing, film camera swaps, and other events ...) Treehouse/. You can also rent or buy gear in Aiea, (although that might be a bit far without a car).
I love photography as art, but sometimes I'm just snapping events for work. In either case, I welcome critical comments. I would love to try doing more portraits. I often take photos at night, either here in Honolulu when I bike around then. I love street photography, but somehow it seems more natural in Tokyo or New York.
Cameras
I like playing with cameras and manual lenses, but try to keep the obsession on a budget, so quite a few of these cameras have been sold or died:
Digital SLR: Sony α7ii, Sony a300, Canon 10D (died & replaced), 50D, 5D 'Classic', Nikon D70
Other Digital Cameras: Samsung ST5 (died), Lumix DMC FZ7, Nikon Coolpix P310 (died),, FujiFilm X10, Sony NEX-5
35mm SLR: Nikomat FT, Pentax Spotmatic, Praktica Super TL, Topcon D-1, Exakta VXIIa
Medium Format: Rolleicord IV, YashicaMat, Mamiya M645j (sold), and some folding cameras
Rangefinders: Leica IIIc/f, M6, Nikon S2, Yashica Electro 35, Voigtländer Bessa-L
35 mm Toy TLR: Gakkenflex
Viewfinders: Polaroid Sun600, SX-70
For Getting Wet: Canon WP-1
Pinhole: RT's Super "Film Can Cam"
Bookends: Zeiss-Ikon Box-Tengor 56/2; Zeiss-Ikon Volta
Intellectual Property / Using Images
I have many types of images on this stream from group snapshots to art and documentary photos.
Most of my images used to be available for Non Profit organizations under the Creative Commons agreement if you agree to the terms of Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike. Please note the terms on each image. Please credit "Photo: Drew Wertheimer." However I got very tired of my images being poached and re-posted without agreement of these terms. I have since changed all images to (c).
If you want to use the image for educational / non-profit use please e-mail me. Please give me the URL and title of the image and what you want to use it for. Thank you.
If you want to use my image for Commercial use, please secure the rights from me. I've had images used by the New Yorker, Oregon Public Radio, and a number of non-profit and a number of educational organizations, especially various parts of the University of Hawaii System.
If I posted a photo of you (and only you), please feel free to use it for whatever you like. Feel free to credit "Photo: Drew Wertheimer" but don't feel obliged. One reason I post photos is to make it easy for you to download your image. To download click on the magnifying glass icon, then click on "View all sizes" then you should see "Download the Large [or whatever size you select] size of this photo." It should then be available on your download folder.
By the way, please don't post blinking things or "awards" or very large images on my photo stream. Thank you for understanding.
Please don't feel bad if I blocked you. If you don't have any / many photos, and especially if you have thousands of FAVORITES I am likely to block you. I have had several people do this in order to re-post on another site without permission or even attribution. That is very frustrating. (I also weeded a few people who no longer seem to be on flickr. Sigh.) I don't want people using my images on another page without permission, and these accounts seem to often be trolling such images.
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- JoinedJuly 2008
- Current cityHonolulu
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Testimonials
I've always believed in the notion that what a photograph "feels" like is paramount to what a photograph "looks" like. In a way, Dr. Wertheimer's photography epitomizes that notion. His photographs are not so much about what most photographers obsess with: sharpness, focus accuracy, correct white balance, etc. etc., te… Read more
I've always believed in the notion that what a photograph "feels" like is paramount to what a photograph "looks" like. In a way, Dr. Wertheimer's photography epitomizes that notion. His photographs are not so much about what most photographers obsess with: sharpness, focus accuracy, correct white balance, etc. etc., technicalities that make a photograph look good to most people. Rather, Andrew uses his cameras and his wide array of old and new lenses to simply capture a moment in time in a way that will often evoke sentiments in, or simply be interesting to, the viewer. Even the mundane will be transformed into something meaningful with Andrew's photographic creativity. Enjoy perusing his photostream as I often do. You will definitely learn a lot about the art and joy of photography.
Read lessAndrew is one of my favourite photographers on Flickr. He has such an amazing way of photographing the ordinary scene and making it more interesting that I can imagine. His use and experimentation of older camera gear is inspirational for me.
What a pleasure it is to meet this smart, funny chap with a great eye for photography! Looking forward to perusing your photos more...
A special day in my life, for meeting Drew. A few more steps to the path of my future have been added because of this. A great inspiration from Drew and his photography.
From his photos I can see that he loves his hometown. I enjoy how he politely records Honolulu scenes. I am thankful he is on flickr.