Category | travel

Return to Sierra Leone

March 24, 2010 in Also posted in Africa, Multimedia, Nikon, conflict, photography, war

I am leaving tomorrow to Freetown, Sierra Leone filled with feelings of anxiety as well as hope. The last time I was there was just a few months after the brutal civil war ended in 2002 that claimed tens of thousands of lives and left more than a third of its population displaced. Yet it is the unspeakable atrocities that are so haunting. I remember back in 1999, Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora, a friend and extremely committed journalist, who was later killed covering the conflict, told me stories ... Read More

Flight for Survival: How it happened?

March 12, 2010 in Also posted in Africa, horns, photography, poaching, rhinos, zoo

They are huge but gentle, lumbering beasts and there are only eight left on the entire planet. Scientists believe the magnificent Northern White rhinos are nearly extinct. There are rumors of some, a few at best, in Southern Sudan but none have been seen for many years now. These eight, two in the San Diego Zoo and six in the Dvur Kralove Zoo in cold, snowy Czech Republic ... Read More

Flight for Survival: Rhinos go back to Africa

March 9, 2010 in Also posted in Africa, Europe, Kenya, Multimedia, Nature, Nikon, extinction, horns, photography, poaching, rhinos

View the story at msnbc.com They are huge but gentle, lumbering beasts and there are only eight left on the entire planet. Scientists believe the magnificent Northern White rhinos are nearly extinct. In a last ditch effort to save this species from extinction, the Lewa Conservancy in Kenya cut a deal to airlift the last four breeding age animals from the Czech Zoo to live "free" on the savannas of Kenya. You ... Read More

Micronesia

October 1, 2009 in Also posted in Micronesia, Nature, photography

The Pacific islands and Micronesia in particular have to deal with the constantly rising sea levels and many fear their small atolls and islands will be washed away in the near future. This image was taken under a wave for the Nature Conservancy for an exhibit titled " Design for a Living World" on show at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York until January 4, 2010. It will travel for another five years in cities around the United ... Read More

Where can I find interviews about your career?

September 29, 2009 in Also posted in Africa, F.A.Q., India, Interviews, Kashmir, Multimedia, Seminar, Websites, conflict, internet, photography, workshops

The talented Steve Casimiro, a photographer and editor for National Geographic's Adventure magazine has created a wonderful blog called the Adventure Life. I was honored that he invited me for this interview.http://www.theadventurelife.org/2009/07/ami-vitales-beautiful-cultures-and-powerful-documentary/ Field Notes from a National Geographic story I did on the ... Read More

Lumen Dei Workshop in Ladakh, India

September 29, 2009 in Also posted in India, Ladakh, Lumen Dei, Seminar, photography, workshops

Just back from Ladakh, India where I had the privilege of working with David Duchemin, Matt Brandon and 8 extremely talented photographers. We explored the bustling back streets of Old Delhi, the Sufi shrine of Nizamuddin and then headed up to the Khardungla Pass to cross the worlds highest motorable road at 18,380 feet. The road is situated on an ancient trade route from Leh ... Read More

Mirages: A Video Shot for Nikon with the D300s

August 29, 2009 in Also posted in D300s, India, Kashmir, Multimedia, Nikon

This was my first attempt at shooting video with a still camera. I used the Nikon D300s and experimented in different situations from riding on the hood of a taxi in Mumbai, India to the deadly, blowing sands of the Thar desert in Rajasthan.  Or maybe its the other way around.. more deadly is sitting on the top of an Indian taxi just to get a few images. Dai Sugano, an absolute genius and wonderful journalist, helped me with the editing. ... Read More