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By M.H.
Visitors to exhibitions of photographs must sometimes wonder what equipment the photographers used and exactly how a particularly difficult shot was taken. But do they ever stop to think about how many photos were sorted through and rejected, or whether that one inconspicuous-looking photo has a blood-chilling story behind it?
What are the stories behind the Safari in Kenya and Tanzania exhibition by Paweł Młynarczyk and Mirela Hein (a journalist with The Warsaw Voice)? The photographers say these are "first of all photos taken by two nature lovers and amateur photographers, taken with amateur cameras." The selection of 42 large-format photos is the result of a trip to the national parks of Kenya (Tsavo East) and Tanzania (Serengeti and Ngorongoro). Or to be more precise, it is a small selection from the 1,000 photos that were taken on a safari vacation.
The pictures include shots of lions, a Cape buffalo taking a morning bath in a pool of red mud, a belligerent male agama planiceps lizard striking a challenging pose and a tiny dik dik antelope. There are some other familiar inhabitants of the African savanna, including elephants, giraffes, antelopes, vultures, zebras, ostriches and vervet monkeys.
The most interesting stories, however, lie behind the least spectacular photos. "We photographed a gecko devouring a spider at night, using light from a small flashlight and I was convinced nothing would come of it," said Hein. "The idyllic picture of elephants grazing on flowers still gives me the creeps, as it was taken a minute before an infuriated elephant attacked a person in our group."
Kielce, Pałacyk Zielińskiego, 5 Zamkowa St., open through Jan. 5, free admission
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