An exhibition on “Africa’s wildlife”

On May 27, 2014, Adrian Stern, a photographer and a director, who has travelled a number of world countries in connection with his interest in the wildlife, opened his exhibition called “Africa’s wildlife” at the Heydar Aliyev Centre. First Lady of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva, Vice-president of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva attended the exhibition’s inauguration ceremony.

The exhibition was realized, following the initiative of IDEA (International Dialogue for Environmental Action) Public Association, in the framework of the Biodiversity of the Caucasus Summit, held with the organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Heydar Aliyev Centre.

The purpose of the exhibition was to focus on the richness of the wildlife, and the necessity of protecting them. 35 works were displayed at the exhibition. The author shot the photos reflecting the diversity of Africa’s fauna and flora in the course of the last 10 years while in his trips to the South African Republic, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, and Uganda.