Post #759835 by SpaceAgeCity on Sat, Feb 27, 2016 11:25 PM

Some of my favorite Tiki-related photos are of people. I've met some great people through our shared interest in Tiki. And getting photos of artists with their work is always fun. Here's Dave Hansen of Wisconsin with one of his great hand-carved signs. (I didn't buy this one but bought several other carvings from him):

Trips to Oceanic Arts always feel like Christmas morning, and I always have to bring my camera along. I liked this 2010 shot of Leroy at work:

Here's Bamboo Ben and Vicki at the International Tiki Marketplace last year. I used to loiter around their store (before they decided they didn't need one) soaking up Tiki atmosphere and generally being annoying:

And here's a group photo of us Tiki folk at the La Palma Chicken Pie Shop in Anaheim (Kevin, Jody, me, Daniel Paul, Beachbum Berry, bigbrotiki and Naomi:

Of course sometimes it's just about the Tikis themselves. Here's a 2008 shot from Sam's Seafood (now Don the Beachcomber) that I often use in my lectures on Tiki history. I usually drop this shot in around the portion of the program where I talk about the decline/deevolution of Polynesian Pop in the 1970s/80s:

And of course, I have to include a Disney image. This is from Disneyland in 2012:

So there are a few samples. Another 660 Tiki-related photos can be found on my "Tiki & Polynesian Pop" album on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/traderchris/albums/72157605914873641