![]() ![]() All proceeds will go to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya to support their powerful work protecting both the endangered wildlife and the people of Northern Kenya. Ami Vitaleīeginning July 6th, we launched a limited print sale of the touching photo of “Kamara and Kilifi” featured on National Geographic. These communities hold the key to saving Africa’s great animals. But very little has been said about the indigenous communities on the front lines of the poaching wars and the incredible work they do to protect these animals. Much needed attention has been focused on the plight of wildlife and the conflict between heavily armed poachers and increasingly militarized wildlife rangers. He is part of the reason Kenya’s black rhinos, whose population had plummeted to near extinction, are doing so well here. ![]() Kamara spends 12 hours every day, sometimes in pouring rain, watching over the vulnerable baby rhinos. Kilifi is an 18-month-old rhino that Kamara is currently hand-raising along with three other baby rhinos at Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya. She can be reached at The Guardian Warriors of Northern Kenya She is also on the Photojournalism Advisory Council for the Alexia Foundation.Ĭurrently based in Montana, Ami Vitale is a contract photographer with National Geographic magazine and frequently gives workshops throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Recently, she joined Ripple Effect Images, an organization of renowned female scientists, writers, photographers and filmmakers working together to create powerful and persuasive stories that shed light on the hardships women in developing countries face and the programs that can help them. Her photographs have been commissioned by nearly every international publication and exhibited around the world in museums and galleries. 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. ![]() Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic magazine photographer Ami Vitale has traveled to more than 90 countries, bearing witness not only to violence and conflict, but also to surreal beauty and the enduring power of the human spirit.
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