Elyse Butler took beautiful underwater photographs of her friend Nicole at 7 & 9 months pregnant swimming at Makapu’u and Portlocks, Hawaii.

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Elyse Butler and Matt Mallams were honored to win in the Pele and Pa’i Awards for their work with Hana Hou! The Hawaiian Airlines Magazine.

2012 Pele Awards

Hana Hou! – BRONZE ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING – Photography Campaign “Quiet” by Elyse Butler & Matt Mallams

Hana Hou! – SILVER COLLATERAL MATERIAL – Publication Design – Editorial Feature “The Book of Fortunes” by Elyse Butler & Matt Mallams

27th Hawai’i Publishers’ Association Pa’i Awards

Hana Hou! – First Place Sports Photography – “The Lotus Blossoming” – by Elyse Butler & Matt Mallams

Judges comments – ‘Impressive. From the photography to the typography, this is an impressive package. I’m so glad to see coverage of non-traditional sports. The technical quality of the images is stellar as is the composition. But each image has a complex storytelling capacity that contributes to the overall package. Strong work.’

Congratulations to all fellow winners in our Hana Hou! and Honolulu Magazine Ohana!

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe

Chris Capozziello – Connecticut

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe

Chris Capozziello – Connecticut

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe

Chris Capozziello – Connecticut

Chris Capozziello – Connecticut

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Elyse Butler and Matt Mallams and went on an incredible two day hike into Haleakalā Volcano on the island of Maui, one of the quietest places on Earth. On assignment for Hana Hou! The Hawaiian Airlines Magazine, searching for silence in the crater of Haleakalā, we went to discover and illustrate the quiet solitude found there.

It was such a unique and amazing experience, spending days in a surreal, barren world high above the clouds, watching the most vivid sunrises and brightest stars in the night sky, and hearing only the occasional gusts of wind or insects buzzing by. We hiked 12 miles and over 3000 feet of elevation, listening to the sounds of Pele, feeling the massive landscape around us, it was definitely one of our most rewarding adventures yet. See the full spread that ran in Hana Hou! and more photos from our journey.

The writer, Edward Readicker-Henderson, has traveled the globe listening for quiet. His story is beautifully written, truly illustrates the feeling being there, excerpt below…

“The paper crackles loud as thunder as I check my map: I’ve reached my destination. And so at last, five years after I should have come, at a spot where there’s nothing around me but multicolored cinder cones rising, I stop. The wind does not touch me, and nothing moves. I stop shuffling, find a comfortable way to sit. The sky is empty. The landscape, empty. It takes a while to hear through myself, my breath, my heartbeat, the ringing in my ears. Louder yet are my thoughts: Is this really as quiet as it’s supposed to be? What am I doing here? Is it different from the other places I’ve gone?

But as time passes, my body quiets, my mind slows to match the stillness and I start to hear something else. The crater. The island. The sound comes not as sound, but through the rough sand under my hands, the slow gradations of color.

When I can’t hear my body anymore, I touch my wrist. My heart moves in time with something at the edge of sensation, a disturbance of the field. Maybe it’s the vibration of distant waves coming ashore. Maybe it’s just the island breathing. I’ve never heard anything like it; I probably never will again.

I sit for as long as the quiet lasts, feeling my pulse, or maybe the pulse of Haleakalā. Or maybe, just now, they’re the same.”

Space on the Sliding Sands Trail

Walking along the edge of Earth

Curve of the crater near Kawilinau

Sunrise in the meadow of yellow flowers at Holua

Rocks, cinder, and blue skies

Red Cinder along the Sliding Sands ‘Keonehe’ehe’e’ Trail

Park Ranger from afar

Sunrise from the Summit

Stars in the Night Sky at Holua

Matt hiking the Sliding Sands Trail into the crater

Elyse at the Holua campsite

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe

Chris Capozziello – Connecticut

Chris Capozziello – Connecticut

Matt Mallams – Honolulu

Elyse Butler – Honolulu

Yoon Byun – The Boston Globe