Connor Mazzola

My name is Connor Mazzola. I have always been a waterman with a strong draw to the ocean. I’ve been surfing since I was 5, scuba diving since I was 9, sailing since I was 10, and spearfishing/freediving since my teenage years. I grew up diving around the Channel Islands and sitting in the kelp beds for hours on end, harvesting scallops, hoping to see the elusive white seabass, and enjoying the ocean’s forests. That’s when I first brought a camera into the water and began trying to create works of art from the visuals that the ocean provided. But it wasn’t until I began spearfishing in Hawaii that I delved into the sustainability of spearfishing, immersing myself in the ocean on a deeper level, and feeling the urge to live off the land solely from my own harvesting abilities more and more. Since my early days in the Channel Islands, living on the Big Island has expanded my diving, my way of living off the land, and my photography as an art form to showcase the vast beauty of our oceans.