Documentary finalist Nanna Kreutzmann, Denmark – In One Breath.‘Freedivers dive to great depths with only air to breathe at the surface. It is just as much a physical challenge as a mental one, just like a journey into oneself. To minimize the use of oxygen, they must keep their pulse low. This means they must keep their mind focused and calm, and their body as relaxed as possible. Deep diving is not only about oxygen consumption, it is also about the skill of relaxing into the pressure of depth, and positively managing the loneliness of the ocean and one’s distance to their next breath’

Photograph: Nanna Kreutzmann