Isabella Zandoná
Isabella Blanco Zandoná is a Brazilian underwater photographer, cold-water diver, and marine biologist based in the Pacific Northwest. She focuses on detailed, honest portraits of marine animals, highlighting features and behaviours that are often overlooked. Her photography has been featured by National Geographic, Canon, Divers Alert Network, and others. Bella works for God’s Pocket Resort in British Columbia, where she documents the region’s marine life and helps showcase one of the most vibrant cold-water diving areas in the world. Find her on Instagram @divingwithbella
Neighbours of the North Wall – life among Sund Rock’s wolf eels
Not wolves, not eels, not dangerous - Isabella Zandoná introduces us to some of the most charismatic of her Sund Rock neighbours
Cephalopods of the Pacific Northwest
Seatlle-based marine biologist Bella Zandoná's writes about some of the charismatic creatures she dives with on a regular basis
Diving with Bella – photographing Antarctic whaling ship Guvernøren
Bella Zandoná shares her experience photographing the wreck of Guvernøren, a former whaling ship marooned in the epic icescape of Antarctica
My Octopus Mother – a life-changing encounter in the Emerald Sea
Seattle-based marine biologist Isabella Zandoná tells the story of her extraordinary, life-changing encounter with a giant Pacific octopus
Diving with Bella – how drysuits can unlock a whole new world for scuba divers
Bella Zandoná explores how drysuit diving opens up cold-water ecosystems, from her home in Seattle’s Puget Sound to remote global destinations
Diving with Bella – Hilma Hooker wreck, Bonaire
Underwater Photographer and marine biologist Bella Zandoná shares her experience diving Bonaire's Hilma Hooker wreck