The last such place on earth

For more than a century, National Geographic has set the standard for photographing wildlife, distant cultures and the world around us. However, the fascinating image of our planet is changing at an alarming rate. Today it is difficult to find places untouched by human presence. Wild animals are disappearing almost overnight. People living according to ancient traditions are becoming a thing of the past. The exhibition “Last Such Places on Earth” shows corners that our expansive civilization has not yet managed to destroy. Perhaps this is the last opportunity to see them and save them from oblivion.

Visitors will find 90 large-format photos depicting the most beautiful places of the world and Poland, those well known and those found somewhere on the side roads of life. Seen through the prism of nature, people, traditions and culture, the unique, shimmering colors and awe-inspiring images captured by the superb photographers of National Geographic take us on a photographic journey that covers all the continents – Europe, especially Poland, Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and remote islands scattered in the boundless oceans.

Each of the photos is unique, each highlights the natural beauty, diversity

and the richness of the world around us, each delights and provokes reflection, whether it depicts Buddhist prayer flags flying over a Nepalese village, ice-covered Mazury or young cheetahs lambing in the tall grass in Botswana,” says Marcin Jamkowski, editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine.

The exhibition features the work of world-famous National Geographic photographers, including Steve McCurry, Sam Abell, Jodi Cobb, David Doubilet, Chris Johns, Frans Lanting, James Stanfield, Tomasz Tomaszewski, as well as photographers permanently cooperating with the

with the Polish edition of the magazine, including Jacenty Dędek, Piotr Skórnicki and Maciej Fiszer. The photos come from the impressive photographic archive of the National Geographic Society. Some of them have never been published, some are from albums: KONTYNENTY W OBIEKTYWIE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, LUDZIE W OBIEKTYWIE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and POLSKA W OBIEKTYWIE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. Several photographs have previously made it to the pages of National Geographic magazine or its Polish edition.

LAST THESE PLACES ON THE EARTH is the sixth major National Geographic photography exhibition presented in Poland, and the first outdoor one. The previous ones, entitled EYES OF PHOTOGRAPHERS (1999), FACES OF THE WORLD (2000), EGYPT FROM A FLIGHT OF A BIRD (2002), WORLD IN THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OBJECTIVE (2003) and EXPEDITIONS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (2004) have so far been seen by more than a million viewers.