He belongs among those who were born with the love for wilderness. Bummels through the remote parts of the world like the Ands of Chile or the Bolivian rainforest flew into the desire to catch the last surviving pieces of the wildlife through the lense of a camera. The "vagrancy" that is how Petr Slavík calls his beginnings as a traveller which transformed into the precisely organized and demanding expeditions to animals on the brink of extention.
Returns to mountain gorillas in Uganda, unsuccessful journey with Himalayan shepherds to photograph the snowleopard or the desperate searching for the "grey spirit of the jungle" in the green jungle of Borneo.
Petr´s images brought from his expeditions have been presented to public in several exhibitions. Events like "Out of Africa", "The Lost World" or the charity evening "In the Tropics of Three Continents" do not present only the art of the author. The proceeds from the auction entering his exhibitions support the breeding of rare animal species.
Although Petr´s main goal is wildlife photography he is not avoiding other themes. In one of his African jouneys emerged the idea of a humanitarian project "Child´s World Without Borders".In the Nostic Palace of Prague his photographic exhibition of the same name supported the stay of social workers in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia.
He is in close collaboration with the Zoo of Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic and author of the publication "Wild Hearts" presenting the inhabitants of this Zoo. Petr is also a
co-author of a book "Wild Planet". In 2009 he received an award in one of the most prestigious European wildlife photography contest Glanzlichter in the category World of Mammals. He was awarded in one of the biggest world competitions Photographer of the Year 2010 in the category Wildlife: Commended. Currently he is busy to put together a publication concerning the fauna and flora in both American continents and finishes TV series "Wilderness Through the Lens of Petr Slavík. "
His is living according to this motto: "Walk without trampling".
