For years, I’ve been a big fan of portrait photographer and filmmaker, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. @tgs When he and HBO @hbodocs reached out to me regarding “The A List,” I was all in.
What an experience visiting Timothy at his studio and home – a former Anglican convent in the East Village of NYC. I totally geeked out and bombarded him with questions about his large format wooden 8” x 10” Deardorff view camera from the 1930s. I almost forgot I was there to be photographed. He took four frames on 8”x10” color negative film and said “got it” and we were done. Then I asked him to pose for me with my medium format Hasselblad 503c. I was only able to shoot off three frames before the film crew, becoming increasingly impatient, gently encouraged me to take my seat so that they could mike me up for the film interview.
Still photo nerding out here instead of promoting the film.
“The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas” Fifteen stories. One shared humanity. Celebrating AAPI month with voices from across continents, cultures, and generations. Director Eugene Yi @anothereugeneyi and executive producer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, weaves a tapestry of personal vignettes from AANHPI communities across America. Premieres Wednesday May 13 on @hbomax . #thealisthbo
Humbled and honored to be part of this documentary. Dångkulu na si Yu’os ma’åse’ HBO, @hbo@hbomax@tina.nguyeen Timothy and crew @alphajada@naushero for this opportunity to share “being CHamoru ” with the world.#guam @guamvisitorsbureau #chamorro #chamoru #aapiheritagemonth
Heartwarming to see fellow sanlagu CHamorus from Guam and the Marianas and friends gather at SF Payless Logistics Warehouse to fill a @matson.inc shipping container with donated supplies for those affected by Supertyphoon Sinlaku in the Marianas. @inafamaolek.u.s@payless.logistics@matson.inc #typhoonrelief #guam #marianas #chamorro #chamoru @visitguamusa@guamvisitorsbureau
Volunteers gather at SF Payless Logistics Warehouse to fill a @matson.inc shipping container with donated supplies for those affected by Typhoon Sinlaku in the Marianas. @inafamaolek.u.s@chloeandre.music #guam #marianas @visitguamusa
A few more from opening night. Thank you @barakshramaphotography and @caamedia for the photos - I am rarely in front of the camera - and appreciate this treat. CAAMFest’s Opening Night film, THE A-LIST: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas, brought together the film’s executive producers, director, DP, editor crew and three of 15 cast DJ Rekha, Schuyler Bailar and myself. @crisostomo_n
Well that was different but crazy fun attending the screening of The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas - an HBO original film at the CAAMFest 2026 Opening Night in San Francisco. Nancy and the girls joined in this amazing experience. A definite life milestone so humbled and grateful to be part of this project with fellow AANHPI cast. Thank you HBO @hbodocs and series creator @tgs Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and director @anothereugeneyi and producer Chad Thompson, @alphajada and rest of crew. @auliismaulii@crisostomo_n
Spent some time with Julia Gumataotao Quintanilla Quenga, a bråbu (active and vibrant) 91-year-old CHamoru WWll survivor at her Sacramento house today.
She signed a Guam flag for “Hasso,” a flag-signing project that pays tribute to the islanders who lived through the Japanese occupation in the early 1940’s and the US military personnel who helped liberate Guam.
Julia joined 321 other WWII liberators and CHamoru survivors, all in their 80s and 90s who signed three different Guam flags for the five-year passion project by California Superior Court Judge Johnny Cepeda Gogo, formerly of Sinajana.
What a fitting way to spend the first day of May - which is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. #chamoru #ww2 #guam #hasselblad #photography
Manny Crisostomo is a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist whose work captures history through the power of quiet observation.
In We Carry the Ocean: Anecdotes from a Pacific Islander, he represents the witness, carrying the ocean through images shaped by empathy, patience, and truth.
Through decades behind the lens, Manny has documented resilience and humanity, preserving stories that honor people, place, and memory.
Watch the full interview on PBS Guam’s Youtube Channel.
This material was made possible by Creative West. Produced by Don Muña in partnership with PBS Guam.
More images from the 2026 Ocean of Peace: Celebrate Micronesia Festival at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii this past weekend.
This annual festival brings together Micronesian voices and communities from across the Pacific.
And honors the rich traditions and contemporary expressions of the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guåhan (Guam), Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Kiribati, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. @celebratemicronesia@smithsonianfolklife@maryhattori@microchild_ #micronesia #pacificislander #photography #hasselblad #nikon
Images from the 2026 Ocean of Peace: Celebrate Micronesia Festival at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii this past weekend. Part one.
This annual festival brings together Micronesian voices and communities from across the Pacific for a day traditional weaving, poetry readings, contemporary fashion, cultural performances, panel discussions, food vendors, art displays, hands-on demos, educational booths, and a marketplace featuring local Micronesian artists and makers.
The festival honors the rich traditions and contemporary expressions of the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guåhan (Guam), Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Kiribati, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
@celebratemicronesia@smithsonianfolklife@microchild_@bishopmuseum #celebratemicronesia #micronesia #photography #hasselblad #nikon
@microchild_ captivates and wows the nearly 3,000 people at yesterday’s “Ocean Of Peace” Celebrate Micronesia Festival @bishopmuseum Dispensa Jonathon I had to trim your solo cause Shannon took up all the allotted instagram 90 second limit. 😂🥰@celebratemicronesia@maryhattori@ewc.arts
