Through a captivating text, accompanied by an essay with around 150 color photos, it was possible to rescue the image of Guanabara as a living organism, which is therefore complex and delicate. A fundamental reference work, an interesting history book, the biography of a paradise. “A historical, geological, oceanographic, linguistic and biological study of the bay, enriched by perhaps the most sensational sequence of photos ever gathered on the subject. Beneath the terrifying beauty of the images, the text hammers home the errors, aggressions and crimes that man has been committing, not just today, against one of the world's most fabulous natural settings.” Ruy Castro, O Estado de S. Paulo, 23/12/ 2000)

The book was also published in English under the title Guanabara Bay.

Organization and graphic design: Silvia Negreiros

Photographs: Bia Hetzel, Dilmar Cavalher, Fábio Vidigal, Luiz Claudio Marigo, Pepe Schettino and Zé de Boni

Illustrators: Filipe Jardim and Andréia Resende