Health. Life. Quality.
Before clashing like we can see up there,
they face off with each other, holding their necks straight up.
They are assessing each other’s height and the condition they are in.
Bence Máté, the world-famous, multi-award winning wildlife photographer
tells us about the behavior of egrets
next to his wildlife photography exhibition,
in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.
We can also see other birds, mammals, reptiles and insects too
from unique perspectives.
45% of the photos were taken in Hungary,
and I certainly hope that if people see them,
they’ll be surprised at how magnificent our wildlife is.
There are more than 40,000 species in Hungary.
The aim of this large-scale exhibition
tour sponsored and initiated by Egis is to make people aware of
how interconnected and interdependent the Earth’s species are,
and how protecting them is in all of our interests.
We expect the eight venues planned in Hungary
to attract more than one million visitors.
In addition to the exhibition,
we also want to involve the audience with the “Fajbook” competition.
We encourage them to learn about animals that live near their homes.
If they get to know these animals,
it will be much easier to engage them in environmental protection,
as they will know what needs to be protected.
Bence Máté is Hungary’s most famous
and the BBC competition’s most successful photographer.
He is the only person who has been awarded
The Wildlife Photographer of The Year
and The Young Wildlife Photographer of The Year awards.
His name is so well know, it guarantees that
the message will reach a lot of people.
I was on the internet yesterday when I saw this event.
I was happy to see it as I was curious about Bence Máté’s photos.
I didn’t know whereabouts in the country the exhibition was,
but I saw that it was set up in Pest today. I was glad to see that.
What I really like about this exhibition is that
it doesn’t only show us the typical wildlife photography side of the photos,
but we can read quite a lot about the animals too.
It also shows us how the photos were taken.
Nadine and Dávid came here from Germany
and they thought the pictures were amazing.
Nadine is a wildlife photographer too, and she said it is really difficult
to take pictures that capture animals in movement.
I’ve selected 623 photos. I tried to create various themes.
Each U-shaped display contains a single theme.
There’s one sentence that tells the story
of each of these themes in both English and Hungarian.
The exhibition was opened by the Hungarian President, János Áder, on March 13.
Bence Máté has gone a long way, both in literal and professional terms,
since marveling at the reeds through the window of his home in Pusztaszer.
He’s only 34 years old,
but he’s already a world-renowned photographer
who connects worlds with his work.
His pictures take Hungarian wildfowl into the homes of Western Europeans
and brings elephants to us.
One, two, three.
At the end of the opening ceremony, all of the display boards illuminated
and Bence Máté personally showed the photographs
to President János Áder and his family, Government Commissioner Máriusz Révész
and István Hodász, the Chief Executive Officer of Egis.
After showing in Budapest first,
the special mobile exhibition space will publicize the diversity of fauna
in the town squares of seven major provincial towns.
Egis supports the exhibition with honest conviction
to get as many people as possible to see the diversity in nature
and how preserving this beauty is everybody’s responsibility.
Health. Life. Quality.