Several photographers and filmmakers were involved in the Marshallese Arts Project: Sara Penrhyn Jones, Christine Germano, Steven Holloway, Chewy Lin, and Dan Lin. You’ll find their work all over this website, and this page highlights some of their contributions to MAP.
Artist interviews
Interview with Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
Interview with Solomon Enos
'Through Our Eyes'
‘Through Our Eyes’
While in the Marshall Islands, MAP photographer Christine Germano undertook the ‘Through Our Eyes’ project: teaching Marshallese students to use cameras, and asking them to make photographs of things important to them.
The galleries below show a selection of photographs taken by students at Central Middle School, Honolulu, and Majuro Cooperative School, RMI.
Nature and Architecture
Signs and Art
People
'Anointed'
Anointed
In February 2017, members of the MAP team travelled to Runit Island, where Dan Lin filmed Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner performing her poem ‘Anointed’.
Starchasers
The MAP trip to Runit features in the Okeanos Foundation’s documentary film, The Starchasers, which will be out later this year.