Most wildlife photographers travel across continents, chasing lions in Africa, tigers in India, or bears in Alaska. But I never have.

Every single one of my photographs was taken just two kilometers from my home—inside the Skopje Zoo in Macedonia. I have never been on safari in Africa, nor anywhere else in the world. And yet, my work has been published by some of the biggest international media outlets: CNN, Forbes, Daily Mail, The Times, The Telegraph, and National Geographic.

This proves that you don’t need to travel thousands of miles to capture the soul of the animal kingdom. With passion, patience, and a love for animals, even the smallest corner of the world can become a stage for photographs that touch millions.

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Not many tigers in Africa!

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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Little one, if you look over there, you will see a 'delivered lunch'. Do not try to eat the camera, you might break a tooth."

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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love giraffes. They look so unlikely and they have fab eyelashes.

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    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You didn't wash behind your ears did you?

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    Memo to me: you cannot pet lions. You cannot pet lions. You cannot pet lions...

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    Serval. Used to see these regularly when I lived in Uganda.

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    This zookeeper Riste had an extraordinary rapport with giraffes especially Floppi. Sadly Riste died unexpectedly 2 years ago. Twelve hours later Floppi died too. I hope they were reunited at the rainbow bridge.

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    Gibbon and her sweet baby.

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    Come back here with my dinner you thief. This is a Griffon vulture.

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    Elderly chimp. Looks like it has vitiligo.

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    There are some of these in woods near me. They tend to stay in the area that was once an Iron Age camp. I leash my dogs through April to September so they don't chase the fauns hidden in the bracken.

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    No privacy left. Anywhere.

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