“In the beginning, photography was my passport to meeting people, learning, and experiencing new cultures. Now it is more than just a passport. It’s a tool for creating awareness and understanding across cultures, communities, and countries; a tool to make sense of our commonalities in the world we share,” quote by Ami Vitale. Ami Vitale is a world known photographer, from being a Nikon Ambassador to being a National Geographic magazine photographer. Vitale has a degree in International Studies from the University of North Carolina; she started her career as a photographer roughly 16 years ago in the year 2000 after she made a trip to go visit her sister in Guinea Bissau while working for the Peace Corps in 1995. It was after returning to Guinea
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My only thoughts of art were pieces that you made from structures or objects, things that involved arts and crafts. When I was old enough to understand that art was more, I took in a real appreciation of photography. I didn’t study any one photographer, but when I came across Ami Vitale’s work, I thought it was incredible. I was able to appreciate and understand her photos and was able to feel like I was part of her experience. The way Vitale is able to put pieces of beauty with destruction and make it speak to someone, especially someone like me who likes photography but can never really understand it as much as I’d like, is absolutely incredible. The way she captures people in her photos, you can sense the culture, the environment, the emotions from everyone involved. Vitale’s photos are not fiction; even the most terrifying ones, they’re real life stories of real life people. On Ami Vitale’s official website, you’re able to click on different title stories and look through a gallery of pictures that were taken for that specific topic. Some pieces that I loved were ones you can find in the “Kashmir: Paths to Peace” album; there’s a photo with the captioning of “RELATIVES OF NAZ BANU, WHO WAS KILLED DURING AN ATTACK” and it is an image of a woman named Naz Banu, whose lifeless body is being held in the hands of her relatives as she slowly leaves this world. It’s such a terribly beautiful image, it’s saddening to see the family around her hold her at her last moments, but it also can show a sign of relief just knowing that she was not alone. The hands all around her, all of her relatives holding her closely as she goes, is beautiful, letting her know that they are there for her. In photo story for “Gujarat”, there are several photos that are mind blowing to me, in a good way. A little background of Gujarat, it’s a state in Western India, and in the state of Gujarat, there’s a city called
My only thoughts of art were pieces that you made from structures or objects, things that involved arts and crafts. When I was old enough to understand that art was more, I took in a real appreciation of photography. I didn’t study any one photographer, but when I came across Ami Vitale’s work, I thought it was incredible. I was able to appreciate and understand her photos and was able to feel like I was part of her experience. The way Vitale is able to put pieces of beauty with destruction and make it speak to someone, especially someone like me who likes photography but can never really understand it as much as I’d like, is absolutely incredible. The way she captures people in her photos, you can sense the culture, the environment, the emotions from everyone involved. Vitale’s photos are not fiction; even the most terrifying ones, they’re real life stories of real life people. On Ami Vitale’s official website, you’re able to click on different title stories and look through a gallery of pictures that were taken for that specific topic. Some pieces that I loved were ones you can find in the “Kashmir: Paths to Peace” album; there’s a photo with the captioning of “RELATIVES OF NAZ BANU, WHO WAS KILLED DURING AN ATTACK” and it is an image of a woman named Naz Banu, whose lifeless body is being held in the hands of her relatives as she slowly leaves this world. It’s such a terribly beautiful image, it’s saddening to see the family around her hold her at her last moments, but it also can show a sign of relief just knowing that she was not alone. The hands all around her, all of her relatives holding her closely as she goes, is beautiful, letting her know that they are there for her. In photo story for “Gujarat”, there are several photos that are mind blowing to me, in a good way. A little background of Gujarat, it’s a state in Western India, and in the state of Gujarat, there’s a city called