Island Style is a one hour documentary film that looks at the Afghan war through island eyes. Photojournalist Ben Bohane spent a month with Pacific island soldiers and contractors there in late 2013. The film is now screening in some Pacific countries and will be posted online soon.
THE MSG – CELEBRATING 25 YEARS By Ben Bohane Leaders gathered from PNG, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia for the annual Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit, which this year was hosted in Noumea. It was a celebratory affair, marking 25 years of this important sub-regional organization that grows in strength and influence. …
By Floyd Takeuchi The call from the magazine art director was intriguing: could I photograph a World War II veteran who was still serving his country, and his fellow vets, by being a full-time volunteer at Hawaii’s State Veterans Cemetery. That alone would have made it an interesting story, but it got better. This veteran, …