Scubazoo

Reef is a hefty coffee table book produced by Scubazoo. It's filled with bright eye-catching photography showcasing the creatures that inhabit the kelp forests, mangroves, and coral reefs of the world.

There's tons of stuff to browse through. The usual suspects are present of course--who can miss the flashy nudibranchs, the cleaner shrimp, or the ingenious cephalopods? Sure-fire crowd pleasers like shark close-ups and cute sea lions also make the pages. But there are other interesting animals show more too. I was struck by the unusually ugly although perfectly camouflaged whitemargin stargazer (Uranoscopus sulphureus). A diver also managed to capture a cannibalistic devil scorpionfish (Inimicus didactylus) in the midst of devouring an unfortunate potential mate who failed to impress her with his courtship rituals. (more) show less

reef is Scubazoo’s biggest and most ambitious publication to date. It’s a 360-page coffee table book plus a 30 min DVD published by Dorling Kindersley (DK). reef was officially launched on Tuesday 11th September 2008 in Waterstones, Piccadilly, London, along with an exhibition of canvas prints taken from Scubazoo’s new range available to buy online. Since its initial print run, reef has been translated and published in over 10 languages including Japanese, Spanish and Polish. This show more unique pictorial celebration of the worlds reefs progresses through an ecological chain that goes from algae, sponges, and mollusks to the thousands of fish that make their homes there. This vivid collection of photographs reveals reefs as theyve never been seen before.DK show less