East Africa - Wildlife Photography talk by Guido Bonett

Wednesday 14th November at 6.00pm - Lecture at Din l-Art Ħelwa office at 133 Melita
Street Valletta.

Din l-Art Helwa are delighted to have Guido Bonett with them again for a wonderful photographic journey. Guido Bonett visited Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar in August of 2011 on a photographic safari to follow the annual migration of the Wildebeest and Zebras, when over 2 million animals are on the move in search of greener pastures. The trip took him to reserves such as Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, The Massai Mara, Amboseli, Ngorongoro and Tarangire National Parks.

This Majjistral Park event is being held in conjunction with Din l-Art ,elwa at their office. It is a free event but donations are welcome.

Bionote: Guido Bonett ARPS, AMPS was born in Birkirkara in 1956 and has had a keen interest in nature conservation from a very young age, and has travelled widely in his quest to observe and photograph wildlife, visiting various European countries as well as expeditions to North Africa, the Amazonian rainforests of French Guiana in South America, Costa Rica in Central America, Namaqualand in South Africa, the Namib and Kalahari deserts of Namibia, the Okavango Delta in Botswana and Victoria Falls in Zambia. His latest expedition to Africa took him to Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar. In recent years, he participated in a number of research projects the University of Malta was involved in, as a nature photographer. In 2005, he coauthored two volumes entitled ‘The Maltese Countryside’ a pictorial guide to the flora and fauna of the Maltese Islands. 2011 saw the publication of his latest work, 'The Natural History of the Maltese Islands, As Seen Through A Photographer's Lens'. In 2005, he was awarded the status of Associateship of The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (ARPS). In 2008, he was awarded an Associateship of The Malta Photographic Society (AMPS). Guido is married to Jane, and they have two children, Matthew and Sarah.