Christine Hartley

Christine Hartley is a photographer from San Diego, California. Growing up so close to the coast gave her a love for the ocean. After getting scuba certified in 2019, Christine began diving all around the world. During COVID lockdowns she decided to buy her first camera, an Olympus TG-6, to bring the beauty of the ocean to those who could not see it themselves. Thus began her passion for photography and eventually upgraded her camera to a Sony A7rV in 2023. Her work has won awards and been featured in news outlets and magazines. She is dedicated to supporting conservation efforts and is an expedition reporter for Bleu World, a non-profit organization based on Catalina Island, California focused on kelp forest monitoring.