WEBVTT - https://subtitletools.com 00:00:02.599 --> 00:00:03.912 Health. Life. Quality. 00:00:04.309 --> 00:00:07.109 Before clashing like we can see up there, 00:00:07.134 --> 00:00:10.180 they face off with each other, holding their necks straight up. 00:00:10.314 --> 00:00:15.093 They are assessing each other’s height and the condition they are in. 00:00:18.026 --> 00:00:21.549 Bence Máté, the world-famous, multi-award winning wildlife photographer 00:00:21.690 --> 00:00:23.956 tells us about the behavior of egrets 00:00:23.981 --> 00:00:26.639 next to his wildlife photography exhibition, 00:00:26.665 --> 00:00:28.568 in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest. 00:00:29.059 --> 00:00:33.184 We can also see other birds, mammals, reptiles and insects too 00:00:33.284 --> 00:00:35.303 from unique perspectives. 00:00:35.511 --> 00:00:38.148 45% of the photos were taken in Hungary, 00:00:38.437 --> 00:00:41.504 and I certainly hope that if people see them, 00:00:41.821 --> 00:00:45.688 they’ll be surprised at how magnificent our wildlife is. 00:00:45.954 --> 00:00:48.671 There are more than 40,000 species in Hungary. 00:00:48.842 --> 00:00:50.878 The aim of this large-scale exhibition 00:00:50.903 --> 00:00:54.975 tour sponsored and initiated by Egis is to make people aware of 00:00:55.117 --> 00:00:58.599 how interconnected and interdependent the Earth’s species are, 00:00:58.755 --> 00:01:00.744 and how protecting them is in all of our interests. 00:01:00.744 --> 00:01:03.203 We expect the eight venues planned in Hungary 00:01:03.348 --> 00:01:05.366 to attract more than one million visitors. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.723 In addition to the exhibition, 00:01:08.870 --> 00:01:12.037 we also want to involve the audience with the “Fajbook” competition. 00:01:12.430 --> 00:01:16.250 We encourage them to learn about animals that live near their homes. 00:01:16.404 --> 00:01:17.958 If they get to know these animals, 00:01:18.058 --> 00:01:20.348 it will be much easier to engage them in environmental protection, 00:01:20.548 --> 00:01:22.669 as they will know what needs to be protected. 00:01:22.814 --> 00:01:25.240 Bence Máté is Hungary’s most famous 00:01:25.265 --> 00:01:28.126 and the BBC competition’s most successful photographer. 00:01:28.309 --> 00:01:30.133 He is the only person who has been awarded 00:01:30.169 --> 00:01:31.757 The Wildlife Photographer of The Year 00:01:32.023 --> 00:01:35.216 and The Young Wildlife Photographer of The Year awards. 00:01:35.585 --> 00:01:37.333 His name is so well know, it guarantees that 00:01:37.384 --> 00:01:38.999 the message will reach a lot of people. 00:01:39.453 --> 00:01:42.801 I was on the internet yesterday when I saw this event. 00:01:42.989 --> 00:01:45.851 I was happy to see it as I was curious about Bence Máté’s photos. 00:01:46.022 --> 00:01:48.896 I didn’t know whereabouts in the country the exhibition was, 00:01:49.055 --> 00:01:51.404 but I saw that it was set up in Pest today. I was glad to see that. 00:01:54.378 --> 00:01:56.615 What I really like about this exhibition is that 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:03.395 it doesn’t only show us the typical wildlife photography side of the photos, 00:02:03.536 --> 00:02:06.772 but we can read quite a lot about the animals too. 00:02:06.894 --> 00:02:08.668 It also shows us how the photos were taken. 00:02:15.078 --> 00:02:17.123 Nadine and Dávid came here from Germany 00:02:17.258 --> 00:02:19.603 and they thought the pictures were amazing. 00:02:19.761 --> 00:02:24.745 Nadine is a wildlife photographer too, and she said it is really difficult 00:02:24.869 --> 00:02:27.430 to take pictures that capture animals in movement. 00:02:29.674 --> 00:02:34.218 I’ve selected 623 photos. I tried to create various themes. 00:02:34.439 --> 00:02:38.230 Each U-shaped display contains a single theme. 00:02:38.472 --> 00:02:40.372 There’s one sentence that tells the story 00:02:40.397 --> 00:02:42.375 of each of these themes in both English and Hungarian. 00:02:42.685 --> 00:02:47.432 The exhibition was opened by the Hungarian President, János Áder, on March 13. 00:02:47.624 --> 00:02:52.424 Bence Máté has gone a long way, both in literal and professional terms, 00:02:52.475 --> 00:02:55.637 since marveling at the reeds through the window of his home in Pusztaszer. 00:02:56.616 --> 00:02:58.149 He’s only 34 years old, 00:02:58.174 --> 00:03:00.579 but he’s already a world-renowned photographer 00:03:00.962 --> 00:03:04.478 who connects worlds with his work. 00:03:05.638 --> 00:03:13.577 His pictures take Hungarian wildfowl into the homes of Western Europeans 00:03:13.853 --> 00:03:15.384 and brings elephants to us. 00:03:15.709 --> 00:03:18.311 One, two, three. 00:03:22.422 --> 00:03:26.128 At the end of the opening ceremony, all of the display boards illuminated 00:03:26.286 --> 00:03:29.619 and Bence Máté personally showed the photographs 00:03:29.762 --> 00:03:34.605 to President János Áder and his family, Government Commissioner Máriusz Révész 00:03:34.799 --> 00:03:37.708 and István Hodász, the Chief Executive Officer of Egis. 00:03:38.456 --> 00:03:40.478 After showing in Budapest first, 00:03:40.637 --> 00:03:45.337 the special mobile exhibition space will publicize the diversity of fauna 00:03:45.467 --> 00:03:47.767 in the town squares of seven major provincial towns. 00:03:48.031 --> 00:03:51.564 Egis supports the exhibition with honest conviction 00:03:51.862 --> 00:03:55.541 to get as many people as possible to see the diversity in nature 00:03:55.703 --> 00:04:00.142 and how preserving this beauty is everybody’s responsibility. 00:04:07.018 --> 00:04:08.485 Health. 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