Tai Sun and Rich: Puna Boys, captures the beauty and innocence of the two rural boys from the majestic Big Island of Hawaii. This fascinating and unpredictable book combines breathtaking portraits and candid words written by David Aden Sprigle. Appearing like a personal daily journal, this text documents the intimacies and the exciting erotic sexual play that was part of their photographic sessions. With unabashed freedom and a sense of genuine camaraderie, Tai Sun and Rich, both in their early twenties, discover what it means to be truly alive.

David Aden Sprigle is a widely published photographer and photo collector. Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, he moved to New York City where he completed his degree in Film at New York University.

He is the editor of numerous critically acclaimed photographic anthologies, including Male Bonding, Beasts, Uniforms and Male Bonding Volume II (FotoFactory Press). He has also edited monographs for Arthur Tress (Male of the Species), Reed Massengill (Brian-A Nine-Year Photographic Diary) and Mel Roberts (California Boys and The Wild Ones).

As a photographer, his work has been showcased in:

Monograph
Snap
Anthologies
Beasts
Uniforms

David Aden Sprigle was living in Venice Beach, California when he met and photographed Tai Sun and Rich. After photographing the Ocean Front Walk and the beach scene outside his flat in Southern California for a decade, he moved his studio to Hawaii, where he currently resides.