THE WORLD'S BEST CONTENT CREATORS

Andy Brandy Casagrande IV is a 2 x Emmy award-winning wildlife cinematographer, producer & on-camera presenter, specializing in wildlife & adventure documentaries around the world. From king cobras & killer whales to great white sharks & polar bears, Andy's innovative cinematography & unorthodox camera techniques are helping revolutionize the way the world sees & perceives wildlife. With more than 150 wildlife film credits to his name, Andy has filmed, produced & presented films for the world's top networks including National Geographic, Discovery, Disney, and BBC. Andy's life-long mission is to inspire people to protect our fragile planet.

Lee Jongkee started freediving in 2012 and while steadily receiving freediving training, he began to take an interest in underwater photography. He was already working as a magazine editor, something which got him around a lot of brand and event photographers,  so he started getting more interested, resulting at his first silver award at the RX photo exhibition organized by Sony in 2016.

After visiting Philippines, Dahab, Okinawa, Saipan and Guam to upgrade his underwater photography skills, he won the grand prize at the RX Photo Exhibition in 2017 and became a Special Prize Winner at the Sony Global Photo Awards that year. A couple of years down the line, he won the 2020 Gmaster Photo Exhibition in Korea.

Achievements:

2024 SONY World Photography Awards winner
2023 SONY World Photography Awards winner
2020 SONY Gmaster photo award winner
2017 SONY Global Special prize winner
2017 SONY RX grand prize
2016 SONY RX silver prize

Kori Burkhardt is a scientist, underwater photographer, and ocean expedition leader based in French Polynesia. Specializing in shark research and documentation through full immersion with these animals, her goal is to deepen our understanding of shark behavior and ecology. As the co-founder of the Mao Mana Foundation, a conservation and research organization, she is dedicated to protecting sharks and advancing research efforts across the South Pacific. In her role as an expedition leader, she strives to connect others to the marine ecosystem through sustainable, ethical, and inspiring experiences that foster ocean stewardship. Her work as a shark scientist and underwater videographer has been featured in numerous documentaries on major platforms such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and more.

Jacques de Vos is an award winning Underwater Photographer, Cameraman and Filmmaker who started his journey by following his passions for the ocean and diving by exploring both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans of the Cape Peninsula in Southern Africa. He has always lived close to the ocean and has been freediving for over 15 years capturing stunning images of everything from kelp forests to freedivers and large marine life such as orcas, humpback whales, dolphins and sharks. While he has received several prestigious awards along the way for both his media work and films, he has also contributes his time year round to research and conservation efforts linked to orcas, and also runs orca expeditions in the Norwegian Arctic as the founder and co-owner of Arctic Freediving.

Jacques work has been published in magazines and books throughout the world and he has worked as a cameraman for companies like the BBC, Epic TV and Red Bull. His own films - for example the orca short film 'From The Shadows' has won several international accolades and have been featured in multiple international film festivals. In addition to a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering, Jacques is also a SCUBA Instructor, Commercial Diver as well as Freediving Instructor Trainer. As a freediving instructor Jacques spent nearly 5 years living and working in Dahab (Red Sea), teaching courses and assisting with competitions and world record attempts while working with Freedive International. 

Having spent his entire life immersed in the marine environment of French Polynesia, Pierrick founded Moorea Moana Tours to share his passion for the ocean with others. His love for the sea began early with spearfishing and surfing, pursuits that have only grown stronger over time. This deep connection to the ocean, combined with his work in ecotourism, inspired him to co-found the Mao Mana Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to shark conservation, research, and public education. As an experienced spearfisherman, Pierrick has applied his skills innovatively to shark research, using modified spearguns for biological sampling and tagging. His life revolves around the ocean, and he remains committed to protecting the rich marine wildlife of French Polynesia.

Sava is a freediver, scuba instructor, and boat captain. His romance with the ocean began when he moved to Hawaii in 2007 and began working on the water at 19 years old. One day, he watched his captain throw on a pair of long fins and disappear underwater for what seemed like an hour on one breath and resurface holding an octopus. After a few minutes of dancing with it, he let it free. Witnessing this feat captivated him and lured him into the underwater world. Each day working on and under the water since has been a chance to learn something new about boats, seamanship, knots, scuba diving, free diving, sailing, and all the fascinating intricacies of being a waterman. He sees the ocean as a chance to learn more about himself, push his limits, practice discipline, and connect with wild animals. Currently, he works on the north shore of Oahu as a captain and shark safety diver, and does private custom charters and ocean adventures. During his free time, he enjoys traveling, diving with sharks, and doing boat deliveries across oceans. Line diving plays an immense role in his diving as it sharpens his ability to perform underwater, whether he is taking photos, diving wrecks, or redirecting sharks.  As a huge fan of Alchemy, he has been wearing their high-quality gear long before being a part of Team Alchemy, he is incredibly honored to be sponsored by the best. 

Achievements

FII Freediver
PADI OWSI
USCG 100-ton Master
RYA (Coastal)
Sailed 10,000+ miles open ocean

Pema is a Tibetan photographer and videographer who was born in the landlocked Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal. Despite not touching the ocean for the first 18 years of her life, she settled by the sea in Southern California. There, her love for the water became a love for the ocean - one that took her to Oahu to pursue freediving. Similar to climbing, freediving brings her a sense of stillness and presence of mind. It provides both a meditative space, as well as a way to test her potential. In this regard, she hopes to grow both as a diver and person in her pursuit of depth. Pema now splits her time between trekking remote peaks and exploring the underwater world. Training for hypoxia in both environments has been a rewarding challenge and one that will hopefully take her to the highest point on earth, as well as further down the line into competitive freediving.

Alex Voyer is an UW photographer mainly based between France and my sailboat Diatomée. 

He has been a freediving instructor for a dozen years and an avid swimmer, and these passions led him to take photos underwater without using air tanks, exploring the oceans from the poles to the tropics. Far from being an ecological model, but living mostly on board and as a freediver, he tries to be as respectful as possible to the marine environment. 

Morgan is involved in several wildlife conservation initiatives with a focus on how can modern technology support nature preservation. Native from the French coast of Brittany where he grew his passion for marine life, he accidentally fell in love with Africa and its wildlife few years ago. After volunteering in different programs, he quickly discovered the gaps between the land and marine conservation worlds. This was the seed of Hearts of Giants documentary.

Kostas grew up in Athens, Greece and spent most of his childhood summers on the island of Mykonos, in his parents' house next to the sea. He is best known for his unique style of underwater filmmaking on a single breath of air and on hands-free equalization technique which makes him one of the very few freedivers being able to make underwater videos of an outstanding quality. For years he collaborated with many fishing and freediving magazines, such as ''Deep Magazine'' and ''Boat and Fishing''. In 2012, he cooperated with Discovery Channel shooting underwater videos for the show What happens next''. His work has been published in various outlets since then.

Achievements:

2005 International Freediving Advanced Dive Response Clinic in Sweden
2006 1st place in Greek National Championship (CNF)
2007 International Scientific Conference for the Apnea Training under the auspices of Apnea Academy in Lignano Sabbiadoro
2009 He cooperated with the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science of the University of Athens about a research on apnea utility as part of a training plan for different sports
2009 2nd place in CWT discipline in AIDA Cyprus Depth Games
2010 He became a freedive instructor of Apnea Academy in Sharm-el-Sheik having Umberto Pelizzari as his tutor. Feeling the necessity of continuous improvement, in March 2010 Enrolled in the Medic First Aid International School for freedive instructors.
2011 2nd place in FIM discipline in AIDA Hellas Summer Apnea Games
2013 3rd place in STA discipline in AIDA Hellas Pool Championship
2016 Became an Aida International Judge.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela. He started off as a swimmer from a very young age. Always being in touch with the ocean and related to Watersports. By the time he was 12 years old, his step dad Carlos Coste had broken off the first man to surpass the 100m bar in freediving. This made a huge impact on him and motivated him to continue maximizing as a Surfer and Waterpolo athlete. By 19 years old, I had felt a huge desire to entertain visually by making extreme sport videos. And an equal desire to join the family sport: Freediving. Shortly after, I had placed 2nd in a National Dynamic/Static Competition.

By the age of 20, Israel moved to the Netherlands to pursue a career in Media & Entertainment Management. Which developed his passion for Cameras and Storytelling. At age 24, after finishing his degree, he decided to resume his freediving training. As well as, help build a brand with Deepsea Freediving School in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. Giving basic courses, creating stunning underwater imagery and assisting in large AIDA/PADI Certifications. During the same period, he took part in many freelance cinematic projects in the Netherlands to pursue his career dream in Director of Photography.

By the age of 27, Israel managed the entire media coverage of Bonaire Deepsea Challenge 2017. As well as particiapte as an athlete for the event. With a remarkable consistency across disciplines, he finishes 1st in the Male Category and sets him on a promising path in Freediving and Underwater Visual Arts.

Today, Israel works creating commercials and high-end video production for Watersport Brands, as well as, Travel Agencies and Hotels. In addition to, freelance fashion photographer.

“My dream continues on to achieve bigger freediving Depths and time. I feel super honored to be part of the Alchemy Family, and I’m thankful to be supported on this exciting freediving and content creation voyage.”

Achievements:

2nd Place in National Static Discipline 2009, Venezuela
1st Place AIDA International Bonaire Deepsea Challenge 2017

Livio Fakeye is an artist and conservationist at heart. Traveling constantly, his aim is to create & educate. He creates art along with his other half, Diana Garcia Benito, showcasing the beauty of the ocean as well as the problems it faces. Fakeye was brought to life by combining fake and eye, which represent the third eye of a photographer, his camera. His work, all done on a single breath, is showcased in magazines, websites, exhibitions, advertising and in teaching material for freediving and conservation work.

Andrii Pletiuk is a fashion, brand, and underwater photographer based in Dubai since 2018. For the past 12 years, his passion for photography has been reflected in every piece of his work, finding it a great vessel for telling stories and creating memories. Moreover, underwater photography has given Andrii a new perspective about the mind-body connection, allowing him to explore new aspects of human nature in each dive.

Andrii is a content creator for The Giving Movement – a UAE based brand with a sustainable essence – and a GoPro Middle East Ambassador, platform where he showcases epic underwater stories.

Danny Lomas, a native of England, is an ardent shark diver, spear fisherman, and photographer whose journey has taken him from the shores of his homeland to the enchanting landscapes of Hawaii. 

Driven by a sense of adventure and a profound fascination with the underwater world, Danny embarked on a transformative quest that led him to the captivating shores of Hawaii. The islands' vibrant marine life, breathtaking coral reefs, and crystal-clear waters became the backdrop for his incredible exploits.

As a passionate diver, Danny immerses himself daily in the depths of the ocean, exploring its hidden wonders and encountering a mesmerizing array of marine creatures with his travels. 

Spearfishing has become an integral part of Danny's underwater pursuits. Guided by principles of sustainability and conservation, he skillfully employs his spearfishing techniques to harvest fish responsibly, ensuring that the delicate balance of Hawaii's marine ecosystems remains intact. For Danny, spearfishing is not only a means of sustenance but also a profound connection with the ocean's rhythms and a reminder of our responsibility to protect its resources.

Fueling his passion for the underwater world is Danny's innate talent for photography. Armed with his camera, he captures captivating moments that unfold beneath the waves. His lens immortalizes the vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and the innate beauty of marine life, allowing others to share in the marvels he encounters during his underwater explorations.

Danny's photography serves as a powerful tool for marine conservation advocacy. Through his images, he aims to inspire others to appreciate the fragile beauty of the ocean and to recognize the urgent need to protect and preserve its delicate ecosystems. He believes that by showcasing the wonders of the underwater world, he can ignite a passion for marine conservation and encourage others to take an active role in safeguarding our oceans. He uses his knowledge, experiences, and compelling imagery to educate others about the importance of marine conservation, emphasizing the interconnectedness between humanity and the health of our oceans.

From the shores of England to the captivating landscapes of Hawaii, Danny Lomas has transformed his love for the ocean into a lifelong mission. Through his diving, spearfishing, photography, and advocacy, he strives to leave a positive impact on the underwater world, inspiring others to cherish and protect the precious marine environments that hold such profound beauty and significance.

In the Philippines, Cabgod's lifelong connection with water began early. Starting as a competitive swimmer at 11, Cabgod's journey extended to competitions in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, spanning 12 years. Driven by his love for water, Cabgod delved into sea exploration in 2011, acquiring scuba diving certification. This deepened his appreciation for the sea's natural beauty, stirring more curiosity about dive sites and mesmerizing underwater fauna. In the year 2020, Cabgod discovered the art of freediving, confronting a childhood drowning incident at age 6. Despite this, his profound enjoyment of the deep seas from scuba diving spurred him to challenge his fears and push his physical limits through the sport. Simultaneously, Cabgod explored videography as another hobby. As his freediving skills advanced, his aspiration grew to capture and share the serene underwater experience with the world through his lenses.

Adventure explorer from the land of the north Reykjavik Iceland. Learned swimming and skiing before walking and hiking mountains as a young kid. From 31 countries to over 200 islands explored at the age of 32. Finnur, known as 'Finn' grew up surrounded by nature which his parents used every opportunity to explore. It's safe to say he got his adventurous spirit from them. He played multiple sports at the same time throughout all his childhood. Until a devastating injury which forced him to stop all sports for the next 10 years.

In 2016 that all came back when he rediscovered the love of sports through the ocean, diving. With a successful social media career he took a meaningful route for conservation. Documenting multiple reefs and islands to bring awareness to dying reefs in the Philippines. Which lead to local Government units to form fisheries unions, protecting areas and funding for reef conservation. Partnered with CURE Foundation in 2017. Using his social media presence he raised funds to build a school for very young girls saved from trafficking all over the Philippines.Today he focuses on creating and exploring beautiful locations through his lens. As well ocean conservation and humanitarian efforts.

Achievements:

First Successful Icelandic Travel Vlogger, 2018
First Documenting Multiple Islands and Communities in Philippines
Building School for CURE Foundation, 2017
Reef Restoration Mantiquin Antique Philippines, 2018
Over 500+ Travel Videos With Over 80 Million Views, 2020
Representing Philippines in New York Times Travel Show, 2019

Christian is an avid freediver and Spearo. He is originally from Texas, far from the ocean, but moved to Florida to attend Palm Beach Atlantic University. From there he became hooked on freediving. During Christian’s sophomore year of college, he got a job as a speargun smith at his local dive shop, Florida Freedivers. Today you can find Christian and his dive buddies in the waters off Palm beach. Whether he is spearing, line diving, or teaching Level 1 PFI courses he always enjoys being submerged in water.