Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic magazine photographer Ami Vitale has traveled to more than 100 countries, bearing witness not only to violence and conflict, but also to surreal beauty and the enduring power of the human spirit.
Throughout the years, Ami has lived in mud huts and war zones, contracted malaria, and donned a panda suit— keeping true to her belief in the importance of “living the story.” In 2009, after shooting a powerful story on the transport and release of one the world’s last white rhinos, Ami shifted her focus to today’s most compelling wildlife and environmental stories. She is a founding member of Ripple Effect Images and is on the Photojournalism Advisory Council for the Alexia Foundation Currently based in Montana, frequently gives workshops throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. She can be reached at ami@amivitale.com.
Ami Vitale Online Workshop With The Creative Photo Academy
The Creative Photo Academy is thrilled to bring you a new photography class with National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale. Ami’s work as an award winning photographer and filmmaker has taken her to more than 100 countries where she has experienced everything from civil unrest and violence to surreal beauty and the power of the human [ … ]
Learn MoreOPTIC Online Digital Edition from B&H Photo & Lindblad Expeditions
OPTIC returns for its 6th consecutive year, bringing you the world’s best conference on wildlife, landscape and travel photography brought to you by B&H Photo & Lindblad Expeditions. The conference will be held June. 7 and 8, entirely online. Keynote Speakers : Ami Vitale and Clyde Butcher Special Guest Speakers (More speakers are being announced [ … ]
Learn MoreSanta Fe Workshop: Multimedia Storytelling
The Santa Fe Multimedia Storytelling Workshop is an intensive five-day workshop taking place Oct. 5-9. There is a true craft to creating and editing photographic projects, and then translating them into meaningful and powerful expressions in multimedia. Strong stories must be clearly conceptualized, effectively captured and astutely edited. In this week-long workshop we move through [ … ]
Learn MoreCrafting Compelling Visual Stories with Ami Vitale in LA
There is a true craft to creating and editing photographic projects, and then translating them into meaningful and powerful expressions. Strong stories must be clearly conceptualized, effectively captured and astutely edited. In this hands-on workshop, designed to provide a broad overview of multimedia techniques, we move through the full course of crafting compelling visual stories. [ … ]
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Win a Trip to Ol Pejeta with Ami Vitale
Two years ago, Sudan, the last male northern white rhino died, surrounded by the people who loved and protected him. If there is meaning in his passing, it’s that all hope is not lost. Planet Earth is the only home we have and without rhinos and elephants and other wildlife, we suffer much more than [ … ]
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Ami Vitale on Afar Magazine’s Women to Watch in 2020
Ami Vitale is one of 20 honorees on Afar Magazine’s inaugural Women to Watch in 2020. In celebration of Women’s History Month, and using the Society of Woman Geographers as inspiration, Afar Magazine has reinvented the all-female travel society for the year 2020. “Singularly and together,” they say, “these travelers are our guides to exploring [ … ]
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Ami Vitale Named First TreadRight Wildlife Ambassador
In celebration of World Wildlife Day on March 3, The TreadRight Foundation named Ami Vitale its first ever Wildlife Ambassador. TreadRight urges each and every traveler to take their pledge to make travel matter, for our planet, our people and wildlife by refusing single use plastics and, when not possible, to recycle them. To offset [ … ]
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Nikon Donates New Z 50 and Lenses to Joseph Wachira at NYWild Film Festival
I was honored to introduce the moving documentary film Kifaru directed by David Hambridge about the last male northern white rhino, “Sudan” at the 7th Annual New York Wild Film Festival opening night. Joseph “JoJo” Wachira flew in from Ol Pejeta in Kenya for the festival where Nikon surprised him with a new Nikon Z [ … ]
