Fennecs are the world’s smallest fox species, living in the world’s largest desert. They are extremely elusive, and their habitat is very difficult to explore. With their massive, radar-shaped ears, fennecs can hear the click of a camera shutter from 150 metres away! Documenting them was not going to be an easy task for photographer Bruno D’Amicis.
‘Seeing a fennec fox in the wild was a dream from my childhood that took me 25 years to fulfil,’ says D’Amicis. Working extensively in southern Tunisia, he spent two years trying to gain an insight into the life of the fennec fox, as well as its exploitation by humans. Battling political instability, frequent sandstorms and illegal trade, D’Amicis persevered where others might have given up.
‘I wish I never had to witness the sad situations of fennecs captured and exploited for trade, and was instead left to treasure the precious moments I had watching them among the silent and ephemeral dunes,' he says. 'But I firmly believe their story is one worth telling in its entirety.’
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