Ami Vitale is an American photojournalist. She has a degree in International Studies from the University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

. Her photographs have appeared in Time

Time (magazine)

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, Newsweek

Newsweek

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, US News & World Report, National Geographic Magazine

National Geographic Magazine

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 and The New York Times

The New York Times

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, among others and two stories which she completed in 2001 in Guinea Bissau and Mauritania

Mauritania

Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

 placed first in the National Press Photographers Association

National Press Photographers Association

NPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association, founded in 1947. The organization is based in Durham, North Carolina and its mostly made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field...

Best of Photojournalism. She has won many awards for her pictures, including 'Le Prix CANON de la femme Photojournaliste 2003' and National Press Photographers Association 2003 Magazine photographer of the year.

External links

• Ami Vitale Official site
• Ami Vitale Image Archive Official archive
• Digital Journalist Ami Vitale: Getting Beyond the Headlines by Susan Markisz January 2003