WINNER
Giù nel blu - Dalla superficie agli abissi: viaggio sottomarino sfogliabile (Down in the Blue - From the Surface to the Abyss: a Browsable Underwater Journey)
Nomos Edizioni
Italy
Text by Gianumberto Accinelli
Images by Giulia Zaffaroni
What the jury said:
Like a modern-day Jules Verne adventure, this sea exploration journey gradually sinks deeper and deeper, sharing specific scientific details about the many life forms encountered on a descent to the ocean floor. As we descend, the pages become darker and darker, until it becomes too dark to see. These vast, unexplored areas of ocean remain a mystery; creatures living in its deepest parts are still to be discovered: an enigma that, in itself, is of profound value.