Ami Vitale

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Early life and education

Vitale was born in Florida. She realized the potential of photography at a young age.[4]

She has a degree in International Studies from the University of North Carolina.

Photography and filmmaking

In 1994, Vitale joined the Associated Press (AP) as a picture editor in New York and Washington, D.C.[5][6] She self funded her travel through her work with AP and left for the Czech Republic in 1997.[7]

She moved to Prague, Czech Republic, and spent a year covering the war in Kosovo, traveling back and forth to Prague, and spending a month at a time in the war zone. She later traveled to Angola, and then to the second Intifada in Gaza and Israel. In 2000, she received an Alexia Foundation grant to document a small village in the West African nation of Guinea Bissau.[8]

Vitale currently photographs wildlife and environmental stories in order to educate about global conservation issues. She is a visual journalist working as a photographer for National Geographic, a documentary filmmaker, and a cinematographer.[9] Her recent still photography focuses on wildlife conservation in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. As an ambassador for Nikon and a contract photographer with National Geographic magazine, she has documented wildlife and poaching in Africa, covered human-wildlife conflict, and concentrated on efforts to save the northern white rhino and reintroduce pandas to the wild.[10]

Vitale is a founding member of Ripple Effect Images, as well as a member of the Photojournalism Advisory Council for the Alexia Foundation.[11]

Writing

Vitale is an author, contributor and frequently writes corresponding articles with her photojournalistic works.

Publications

Books by Vitale

  • Panda Love: the Secret Lives of Pandas (2018) – author, photographer[12]

Books with contributions of photography by Vitale

  • Associated Press: Guide to Photojournalism (2000) by Brian Horton[13]
  • National Geographic: The Most Popular Instagram Photos (2016)[14]
  • Seeing it All: Women Photographers Expose our Planet. 2024[15]

Films

Awards

  • 2003: General News, third prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[16]
  • 2005: People in the News, second prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[17]
  • 2015: Nature, second prize singles, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[18]
  • 2017: Nature, second prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[19]
  • 2017: Science & Natural History Picture Story, third place, Pictures of the Year International[20]
  • 2018: Nature, first prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam[21]
  • 2020: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, nomination[22]
  • 2020: National Geographic Photo of the Decade[23]
  • 2024: Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Photographic Society

References

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External links

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  • Digital Journalist Ami Vitale: Getting Beyond the Headlines by Susan Markisz, January 2003

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