My name is Lucy and I am a photographer from Slovakia. I have been involved in art since I was a child, thanks to the artistic family I come from. It started with dogs in the settlement, cats in the garden, animals in the zoo and reached lions, tigers, wolves and other animals in private farms. Animal photography fascinated me since childhood, but for a long time I was just an observer in seclusion. As a child, I took a few photos of my dog with a film camera called Practica, but it wasn't until high school that I decided to deepen my interest and put it into practice. So in 2005 I started with a dog photo. At that time, there were not as many good and high-quality photographers as there are now, so I thought that learning on neighbours dogs would be a great motivation. To my surprise, the photos were a success and several people started paying me for the photos so that I could get a better technique, as I took photos with a compact. I studied fine arts at a high art school in Košice (Eastern Slovakia), where there was also a department of photography. That was my first contact with real photography. I started 16 years ago with Nikon D3000, that I got from my parents to school. Then I switched to the D7100, and after eight years of finding out that I wanted to take photos of dog sports and wildlife, I switched to the Nikon D500. All time I used objectives from Nikon and Tamron. Two years ago I got Nikon D850 and started with Sigma Art objectives, and this year I change all my equipment for Sony Alpha A1 camera with Sony 135mm GM and Sigma ART 35mm DG DN objectives. Why I am making photos? I don't want people to admire me. I want them to like my photos and make them happy. I would like to capture the relationship between a dog and another animals. In the wildlife photo, once I wanted to take pictures of wild wolves. I want people to look at my photos after years and warm them at the heart of the memory of their lovely pet, even if he is no longer with them. My first and greatest inspiration in photography was Jim and Jamie Dutcher, who with the help of the "Sawtooth Wolves" project, wanted to bring wolves back into the wild and created a huge number of breathtaking photos of wolves in their special, man-made enclosure. That started my interest in photography. When I started taking photos, my other model for wildlife photo was the Czechs Petr Slavík and Rostislav Stach. Most recently, I have another role model in photographer Vincent Munier, who, like Jim Brandenburg takes breathtaking wolf photographs in the Arctic wastelands. And so that we don't just have wolves, my role models photographing the amazing African fauna (mostly felines) are Jonathan and Angela Scott. In addition to them, it is Burrard Lucas, who surprises the world with his breathtaking photos, literally from under the papule of lions, hyenas or African dogs.