The director of the Biodiversity Foundation, Ana Leiva, inaugurated on September 16 the photographic exhibition “The wild gaze. Encounters with Iberian fauna”, at the Science Museum of Valladolid.

She has done so accompanied by the Subdelegate of Government in Valladolid, Cecilio Vadillo Arroyo, the Councilor for Culture and Tourism of the City of Valladolid, Mercedes Cantalapiedra, the director of the Science Museum of Valladolid, Inés Rodríguez Hidalgo, and the author of the images, Andoni Canela.

The Biodiversity Foundation celebrates the International Year of Biodiversity by showing a visual document of the biological wealth of the Iberian Peninsula that begins its journey at 2,500 meters, following the flight of the bearded vulture, the race of the hare, the trot of a wolf, the jump of a frog…, and descends up to 30 meters of underwater waters.

This exhibition shows the visitor the life of 40 species photographed in a state of absolute freedom and, at the same time, hides the complexity of portraying the elusive inhabitants of our nature reserves, without being disturbed, without altering their environment in the slightest. Bears, lynxes, wolves, bearded vultures, eagles, capercaillie, vultures and flamingos, among other species, arrive at the Science Museum of Valladolid, through the images obtained by Andoni Canela after 20 years of work.

The exhibition is made up of 62 spectacular images of specimens of Iberian fauna. Outside the Museum, ten panels reveal 20 images that capture the visitor’s attention among the avant-garde architecture of the Museum. In the Exhibition Hall, 42 enlarged reproductions are exhibited with explanatory panels that account for the places where they have been taken, as well as the state of conservation of each species. The exhibition space also includes the projection of a video that recreates the images of 40 species followed and portrayed by Canela, cataloged by ecosystems, and a computer area connected to conservation project websites.

“La mirada salvaje” arrives in Valladolid after being in Valencia, Zaragoza, Bilbao and Madrid, after having been visited by more than 40,000 people.