The Jewels of the West African Savanna
October 19 @ 19:30
An opening speech for the exhibition of photographs of antelopes and other wild animals from the photography expedition.
The 7×7 Family expedition photography exhibition offers a glimpse into the little-known world of the West African savanna and Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park. The photographs capture giant eland, the world’s largest antelope, along with its young, as well as African buffalo, common warthogs, Nile monitors, hippos, and hussar monkeys. The images reveal their behavior, social structures and interactions with other species. This multifaceted travel postcard also serves as a reminder of why protecting biodiversity is so crucial.
Authors: Arthur Čech (18) and Naomi Čech (12) form the photography team of the 7×7 Family. Arthur dreams of becoming a professional wildlife photographer and filmmaker; Naomi looks for new points of view and notices details that adults would overlook.
About the project: The photographs were taken during the 7×7 Family expedition – a family with four children (aged 9–18) who have lived on the road in a converted fire truck since 2020 and have been exploring Africa since 2022.
The exhibition supports the antelope conservation project of the Antelope Conservation NGO, based at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ), CZU Prague, which focuses especially on the critically endangered giant eland.
