Elephant Nature Park Photo Exhibition
Jan-Feb 08 |
Photo exhibition in Hungary. "Life
at Elephant Nature Park" is a series of photographs depicting
the friendships and families that have formed among the Park's
rescued elephants. The show opened on February 1st at the MEO
Contemporary Art Collection (IV. József Attila u. 4-6) in
Budapest,
It’s not often that
Sangduen ‘Lek’ Chailert, founder of Elephant Nature Park finds
herself in the freezing cold of a European February but this
year she made the 5000 km trip from the jungle in Thailand to
the Hungarian capital of Budapest. An exhibition of Lek’s
photographs will be on display in the city for the next two
months and Lek travelled to take part in the press conference
and the grand opening of ‘Life In The Elephant Nature Park’. The
exhibition is honoured to have Budapest’s Mayor Tamas Derce and
Thailand’s ambassador to Hungry Piamsak Milintajinda as it’s
Patron. After a busy morning of interviews and photocalls,
| Lek was able to
enjoy the company of the Ambassador and many of the
guests who came to show their support in the fight to
save the Asian Elephant at the evening’s opening
ceremony. Thai dancers, food, and flower and candle
displays added to the atmosphere, while guests took time
to view photos of the Nature Park’s herds and read about
the issues facing their species. The Thai Ambassador
said in his speech that he was honoured to take part in
the event and explained that once he learnt that the
exhibition would help the Asian elephants he knew he had
to be involved. He detailed the elephants’ integral role
in Thai culture and history and gave thanks to Lek for
her vital work at home and beyond. |
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With only two more television interviews to do before seeing
some of the city, Lek takes a quick break at the hotel: “I was
impressed with the whole event, reporters came from Romania and
all over Hungry and some guests came from 160km away; I didn’t
realise that people here would be so interested in elephants.
This is the first time I have been in a European winter and
although the country is so beautiful, I feel I can’t stay too
long because of the cold! I am thankful to the exhibition’s
organisers and to the city’s mayor and the Thai Ambassador for
their much valued support of my work for the elephants. I am
also thankful to the Hungarian people for giving me such a warm
welcome and caring so much about Asian Elephants.”
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