Photography Andrea Zerola / Falconers of Aquila Bojnice / UNESCO
Falconry, the living heritage of humanity. Falconry was added to the UNESCO world list in 2021. And so have Slovak falconers become a part of 18 countries that are registered in the world list and are joining to 7 already registered Slovak UNESCO elements so far.
The goal of the falconers of Aquila Bojnice is to help the predators in their fight for surviving not only by breeding, drawing nearer their beauty, excellence, but also by protection.
Andrea Zerola is a Slovak independent professional photographer
‘To notice a unique moment, to capture it by a camera and then see the glamorous image has shown me a way to the profession of a photographer. I am finding inspiration in art, people, their lives, in soft emotions, in the silence of personalities, and in the power of uniqueness. I am seeing images, whole compositions, stories that I desire to take a photo of and make a picture out of the vision. Then, I am ‘painting’ with the light, building a scene, coming up with something new, creating, shaping the visual. By taking photos, I am reifying a story, tuning it in space and tuning it also in the soul.’