Photo Credit: Isabella R.

 

About

Marie Eriel Hobro is a Visayan (Filipina) photographer specializing in documentary storytelling, photojournalism, and portraiture. She is also a filmmaker, writer, and a high school photography teacher.

Marie was born in Maryland to immigrant Filipino parents and raised between Mililani and Wahiawā, Hawaiʻi. She received her Bachelor of Science in Visual Journalism from Brooks Institute and attended the Eddie Adams XXIX Workshop as a student in the Fall of 2016. She is also a proud member of Diversify Photo and Authority Collective.

At the heart of Marie’s work is her unwavering love for Hawaiʻi’s land and people. She is particularly drawn to local stories that explore identity, culture, queerness, joy, resilience, and healing within communities of color. In doing so, she aims to help dismantle the stereotypes associated with Hawaiʻi and amplify the stories she yearned to see in her youth.

When she’s not working, she can be found making weird craft abominations, rollerskating, and/or cackling like a pterodactyl at dark comedies. She is available for assignment on Oʻahu.

CONTACT

Google Voice: (805) 769-8403 | E-mail: mariehobro@gmail.com

MARIE ERIEL HOBRO IS A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILMMAKER BASED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MARYLAND UNTIL THE AGE OF 10 AND SPENT THE REST OF HER PRE-TEEN AND TEENAGE YEARS IN HAWAI'I. SHE IS CURRENTLY STUDYING VISUAL JOURNALISM AT BROOKS INSTITUTE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WAS A STUDENT PARTICIPANT IN THE EDDIE ADAMS XXIX WORKSHOP. 

HOBRO ENJOYS WORKING ON STORIES THAT CELEBRATE AND EMBRACE INDIVIDUALITY, BREAK SOCIAL NORMS AND DEFY ODDS. SHE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE HEALING POWER OF HUMOR AND THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. WITH HER CAMERA AS HER TOOL, SHE HOPES TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE UNIQUE AND UNNOTICED PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD-- EMPOWERING THEM AND GIVING THEM THE POSITIVE RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE.

 

"JOURNALISM IS FOR THE PEOPLE.

IT IS COMMUNITY-CENTRIC YET GLOBAL IN PERSPECTIVE.

IT IS TO INFORM AND ENLIGHTEN; TO EXPAND THE DIALOGUE;

TO PROBE AND PROVOKE; TO STIMULATE AND ENGAGE;

TO SHOW THE WAY OR PRESENT ANOTHER WAY;

TO OPEN THE DOORS AND TO COVER WRONG;

TO GIVE THE VOICELESS A MEGAPHONE."

-BRENDA BUTLER