Internationally Acclaimed Photographer to Lecture 12/3

November 25, 2015

Photography Lecture by National Geographic Photographer Ami Vitale
Thursday, December 3 from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., University Club, Knapp Hall

Ami Vitale’s amivitale.photoshelter journey as a photojournalist has taken her to more than 85 countries. She has witnessed civil unrest, poverty, destruction of life, and unspeakable violence. But she has also experienced surreal beauty and the enduring power of the human spirit, and she is committed to highlighting the surprising and subtle similarities between cultures.

She is an internationally known and respected journalist whose work has garnered multiple World Press Photo awards, the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism, Lucie awards, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting, and the Magazine Photographer of the Year award by the National Press Photographers Association, and Photographer of the Year International. Her stories have also been awarded numerous grants including the first-ever Inge Morath grant by prestigious Magnum Photos, the Canon female photojournalist award for her work in Kashmir, and the Alexia Foundation for World Peace supported her in work in West Africa.
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Submitted by Jennie Thwing, Visual Communications, thwingj@farmingdale.edu