Hawaii, 1971

Little and his family moved to Hawaii when he was two. As a child, he was at the beach all the time. “It was, and still is, my home away from home,” he says.

Alii Beach, Hawaii, 1977

Both Little and his older brother, Brock, who went on to become a world-famous big wave surfer, grew up on their surfboards.

Surfing the Shorebreak

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Clark became well known for charging big closeout shorebreak waves at Waimea Bay, then the epicenter of big wave surfing. His antics were well documented in surfing films and magazines. "If Brock was crazy then his younger brother Clark was just plain nuts," says musician Jack Johnson, who also grew up on the North Shore.

Little Being Presented With the Oceans Photography Award

In 2011, Little was awarded the Oceans Photography Award by Nature’s Best Photography at the Smithsonian Museum, where he had two large pieces on exhibit for six months. “One of my highlights as a photographer,” he says.

Little at Work

So far this year, Little has published two books (one in English and one in Japanese), had exhibits open in Canada and Japan, and hit the million mark on his Instagram account. “I am really stoked to see so many people enjoying my photography,” he says.