TITLE: The Azores Giant

A sperm whale relaxing underwater in Atlantic Ocean.
This work was performed under the authorization SAI-DRAM/2021/857 SGC0060/2021/4539 Proc. 120.12.02/124 issued by the Government, on June 16 2021.
All the precautions indicated in the project were taken by the professionals in order to avoid disturbance to the animals during the execution of the operations.
"According to the regional legislation swimming with whales and other cetaceans that are not dolphins is forbidden in the Azores".

AUTHOR: Andrea Izzotti (Italy)

Andrea Izzotti is an italian photographer born in 1968. He works and live in Genoa, passioned of travels and nature he has visited some among the most remote places of the planet, always searching "fragments of reality" to capture. Its photo is, therefore, often the result of sudden intuition: little preparation and instant realization. "The nature is the best and the humblest artist, it’s up to us to try to pick up the endless differences of its proposals."

Awards/ Premios:

Winner of National Geographic Italia 2011
6 Place OasisPhotocontest 2012
Honorable Mention National Wildlife Federation 2013
Finalist SIPA international award 2015 / 2016
Finalist Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2014 / 2015
Finalist Travel Photographer of The Year 2012 / 2013
Finalist Asferico 2010, GeoMagazine 2011, Oasis 2011/2013/2014

Publications:
National Geographic Italia, National Geographic Viajes, National Geograpgic Kids, Focus, Focus Wild, nationalgeohraphic.it, books, megazines, web