Carol M. Highsmith

Aerial shot an island’s shoreline, beach, city and a mountain

Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Hawaii

Remote seashore on Oahu

Lovely cove in a remote part of Oahu Island, Hawaii

Saint Philomena Church, the home church of Father Damien on the island of Molokai

Remote church on Hawaii's island of Oahu

Shangri La, home of American philanthropist Doris Duke

ʻIolani Palace, in the capitol district of downtown Honolulu in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi

St. Philomena Roman Catholic Church statue detail

Inside view of a chapel with pews, pillars, an altar, chandelier and statues

Saint Philomena Church, on the Island of Molokai, built by Father Damien, born Joseph De Veuster

Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii

Aerial view of pinapple farms in Hawaii

Waterfall in the mountains of Hawaii

Aerial view of peaks and valleys in Hawaii

Aerial view of resort on the North shore

Aerial view of Honolulu, Hawaii

Aerial view of Waikiki Beach and Honolulu, Hawaii

Aerial shot of Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii

Honolulu Hawaii, Diamond Head

Shangri La is the Honolulu home of Doris Duke

Beach scene on the island of Oahu, Hawaii

Punalu'u beach on the Big Island in Hawaii

Aerial shot of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Golden statue of Kamehameha The Great in Hawaii Hawaii

Beautiful day below Diamond Head at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu