Ami Vitale Explained

Ami Vitale
Nationality:American
Occupation:photojournalist
documentary filmmaker

Ami Vitale is an American photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, educator and speaker.[1] [2] In 2018, she published a photo book titled Panda Love which captures pandas within captivity and being released into the wild.[3]

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

Books with contributions of photography by Vitale

Films

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ami Vitale. live. nikonusa.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20170405020526/http://www.nikonusa.com:80/en/learn-and-explore/a/ideas-and-inspiration/ami-vitale.html . 2017-04-05 .
  2. Web site: 2021-05-22. BBC World Service - The Conversation, Women Behind the Lens. BBC.
  3. Web site: Evangeline. Liu. 2018-08-06. Finding Love: Ami Vitale on Documenting Pandas. 2021-05-17. HS Insider. en-US.
  4. Web site: Ami Vitale Advocates for Mother Earth. 2021-05-17. B&H Explora. en.
  5. Web site: Ami Vitale: Getting Beyond the Headlines - The Digital Journalist. 2021-05-18. digitaljournalist.org.
  6. Web site: Schonauer. David. April 7, 2015. AI-AP Profiles. live. ai-ap.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411013508/http://www.ai-ap.com:80/publications/article/13525/photographer-profile-ami-vitale-you-just-go-li.html . 2015-04-11 .
  7. Web site: Markisz. Susan. January 2003. Ami Vitale: Getting Beyond the Headlines. live. digitaljournalist.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20030117090305/http://www.digitaljournalist.org:80/issue0301/av_intro.html . 2003-01-17 .
  8. Web site: Ami Vitale Advocates for Mother Earth. 2021-05-18. B&H Explora. en.
  9. Web site: 2018-06-28. Ami Vitale. 2021-05-14. National Geographic Expeditions. en.
  10. Web site: Ami Vitale . 2021-05-18. www.worldpressphoto.org.
  11. Web site: Ami Vitale. live. rippleeffectimages.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20200810022803/https://www.rippleeffectimages.org/ami-vitale/ . 2020-08-10 .
  12. Web site: Panda Love by Ami Vitale. 2021-05-19. HardieGrant. en.
  13. Book: Horton, Brian. Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism. 2001. McGraw-Hill Education. 978-0-07-136387-7. en.
  14. Web site: 2016-09-09. @NATGEO: THE MOST POPULAR INSTAGRAM PHOTOS From the No. 1 Media Brand on Instagram. 2021-05-19. National Geographic Partners. en-US.
  15. News: 2018-05-10. 2003 Ami Vitale GNS3-AL. World Press Photo. 2018-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180510192053/https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2003/general-news/ami-vitale. dead.
  16. News: 2018-05-10. 2005 Ami Vitale PNS2-AL. World Press Photo. 2018-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180510192055/https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2005/people-news/ami-vitale. dead.
  17. News: 2018-05-10. Orphaned Rhino. World Press Photo.
  18. News: 2018-05-10. Pandas Gone Wild. World Press Photo.
  19. Web site: Third Place Science & Natural History Picture Story. 2021-05-21. www.poy.org.
  20. News: 2018-05-10. Warriors Who Once Feared Elephants Now Protect Them. World Press Photo.
  21. Web site: 25 People's Choice Finalists from the 2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest. 2020-12-03. petapixel.com. December 2020.
  22. Web site: 2020-01-02. Ami Vitale Photo Voted Best of Decade by National Geographic Readers. 2021-05-21. PDNPulse. en.

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