Ami Vitale Biography
Ami Vitale is an American photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, based in Montana. Vitale’s photographs have been published in National Geographic, for which she is a contract photographer, most recently covering the wild side of pandas and the fragile peace in Sri Lanka. She is also a Nikon Ambassador.
Ami Vitale Age
She was born in 1971 she is 48 years old of age as of 2019.
Ami Vitale Education
She has a degree in international studies from the University of North Carolina and received her Masters at the University of Miami.
Ami Vitale Husband
Ami’s Life is personal and there is no information on whether he is married of she has children.
Ami Vitale Photography | Ami Vitale National Geographic
She started specializing in wildlife photography in 2009 after shooting several rhinos, then started posting photos to her Instagram in October of 2013. Ami gained further attention when she won her first World Press Photo award that same year. She received the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting and was also named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association.
Ami Vitale Panda
Vitale’s photographs have been published in National Geographic, for which she is a contract photographer, most recently covering the wild side of pandas and the fragile peace in Sri Lanka.
Ami Vitale National Geographic
mi Vitale is a contract photographer, filmmaker, writer, and explorer with National Geographic. Ami’s journey has taken her to nearly 100 countries, focusing on some of today’s most compelling wildlife and environmental stories. Vitale has documented wildlife and poaching in East Africa, covered human-elephant conflict, and concentrated on efforts to save the northern white rhino and reintroduce pandas to the wild.
She has garnered prestigious awards, such as Magazine Photographer of the Year from the National Press Photographer’s Association, the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting, and Photographer of the Year International.
Ami is also a six-time recipient of World Press Photo recognition, including the 1st Prize for her 2017 National Geographic magazine story about elephants and the 1st Prize the year before for her National Geographic work with giant pandas. She recently published a best-selling book, Panda Love, on the secret lives of pandas. Vitale was the subject of the Mission Cover Shot series on the National Geographic Channel as well as another documentary series featuring Madagascar (Over the Islands of Africa).
Ami is a Nikon Ambassador and a founding member of Ripple Effect Images, a collective of scientists, writers, photographers, and filmmakers with a mission of creating powerful stories illustrating the very specific issues women in developing countries face. She lectures for the National Geographic LIVE series, and she frequently gives workshops throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Ami Vitale Rhino
On Ami geographic tour she has been able to take photographs in Kenya and Uganda.
Ami Vitale Gear | Ami Vitale Nikon
She uses Nikon d5 a Type of camera that captures clear images everywhere.
Ami Vitale Awards
She has won World Press Photo awards in 2003, 2005, 2015, 2017 and 2018
2003: General News, third prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.
2005: People in the News, second prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.
2015: Nature, second prize singles, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.
2017: Nature, second prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.
2018: Nature, first prize stories, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.
Ami Vitale Net Worth | salary
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