Author Description

Capturing the big-eyed scad off the Kona Coast of Hawai'i's Big Island that gather and move in dazzling clusters in order to deter predators, akule have been bountiful in Hawai`i for centuries. Their presence has commanded the attention of fisherman throughout the ages. The images command our attention, "living sculptures" as Levin calls them, evoking emotions and sensations in the onlooker as only the purest forms of natural biology can. Levin's black and white imagery vividly presents the massive akule schools suspended in movement and lucidly carries the reader with these hundreds of individuals moving in unison.