{"id":81182,"date":"2018-06-19T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T01:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=81182"},"modified":"2019-03-27T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T02:56:56","slug":"raiatea-arcuri-photographer-entrepreneur-uh-hilo-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/19\/raiatea-arcuri-photographer-entrepreneur-uh-hilo-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiatea Arcuri: photographer, entrepreneur and <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo student"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DzoUaddz7_Q?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"small-text\">Raiatea Arcuri&#8217;s timelapse video &ldquo;From Mountain to Ocean&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81211\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-photo-vert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-photo-vert-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Full moon rising above Maunakea\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-photo-vert-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-photo-vert.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Raiatea Arcuri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a business major at the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a>, <strong>Raiatea Arcuri<\/strong> is already tasting success as an entrepreneur. His still photography and timelapse images of Maunakea, Mauna Loa and the natural environment were featured in the <abbr title=\"Public Broadcasting System\">PBS<\/abbr> program <em>NOVA<\/em> in the episode &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/earth\/decoding-weather-machine.html\">Decoding the Weather Machine<\/a>,&rdquo; which aired in March.<\/p>\n<p>In his junior year at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo, Arcuri manages to balance his love for nature photography with the practicality of earning income. His artistic photographs are on his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raiphoto.com\/\">Raiatea Arcuri Photography<\/a>, and he maintains a steady business in real estate photography.<\/p>\n<p>Arcuri has been recognized in the field, winning the <abbr>USA<\/abbr> Young Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2016. His island roots, along with his images of Maunakea, contribute to his sense of beauty.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&#8217;m drawn to Maunakea because of its natural beauty and clear skies. It&#8217;s fascinating to photograph the telescopes and how they interact with the night sky. The desolate landscape, the <span aria-label=\"pu u\">pu&#699;u<\/span> and the night sky fill me with awe,&rdquo; explains the young artist.<\/p>\n<h2>Early start, early drive<\/h2>\n<p>Arcuri\u2019s photographic talents were nurtured at Connections Public Charter School\u2019s after-school enrichment program Studio Shaka. Part of the High Tech Youth Network, Studio Shaka is a supplemental creative environment for students to discover and develop their interests in a variety of forms, including 3D printing, art, robotics, music, media, dance and computer science. While still in high school, Arcuri was awarded a grant to attend the Adobe Youth Voice Conference in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Raiatea is a pioneer,&rdquo; says Kris Kua, Arcuri\u2019s Connections Public Charter School teacher. &ldquo;Many students today have a &lsquo;just get by&rsquo; attitude, but that is not Raiatea. He is focused on being excellent in school, home and his life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Arcuri has maintained scholastic honors status throughout high school and college while also participating in student government. This year Arcuri is vice president of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Student Association.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a family of four boys (Arcuri has a twin brother), he understands the importance of compromise and diplomacy. &ldquo;It\u02bbs important to be involved with student government to be a voice between the students and the faculty, administration and all levels of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System,&rdquo; he says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81209\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-r.jpg\" alt=\"Raiatea Arcuri standing in front of Maunakea\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-r.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hilo-arcuri-r-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raiatea Arcuri, photo www.raiphoto.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raiatea Arcuri&#8217;s  still photography and timelapse images of Maunakea, Mauna Loa and the natural environment were featured in the <abbr>PBS<\/abbr> program <em>NOVA<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[659,1000,660,14,56],"class_list":["post-81182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-maunakea","tag-photography","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81182"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93570,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81182\/revisions\/93570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}