#ami vitale

[dozydawn]

“Hungarians and foreign tourists play chess at the Széchenyi baths in Budapest, Hungary in late May 2000.”

Photographed by Ami Vitale.

[molkolsdal]

Kashmir

Ami Vitale

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Friends: Everyone needs them. That’s a key finding of a study of orphaned elephants in the wild. Young elephants who live among same-aged peers have lower stress levels than elephants who don’t, Natasha Daly reports. Photographer and Nat Geo Explorer Ami Vitale found these orphaned elephants (above) gathered at a watering hole at a sanctuary in northern Kenya.

PHOTOGRAPH BY AMI VITALE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

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AMI VITALE // PHOTOJOURNALIST

“She is an American photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, educator and speaker. In 2018, she published a photo book titled Panda Love which captures pandas within captivity and being released into the wild. She covered the War of Kosovo, the 2nd Intifada in Gaza and Israel. Vitale currently photographs wildlife and environmental stories in order to educate about global conservation issues. She is a visual journalist working as a photographer for National Geographic, a documentary filmmaker, and a cinematographer. Her recent still photography focuses on wildlife conservation in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. As an ambassador for Nikon and a contract photographer with National Geographic magazine, she has documented wildlife and poaching in Africa, covered human-wildlife conflict, and concentrated on efforts to save the northern white rhino and reintroduce pandas to the wild.”

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© Paolo Dala

The Process Of Candid Images

Making candid images of people is not a trick. It’s a skill a photographer can develop, which requires respect for the subject and building a relationship with them.

Ami Vitale

To me, candid is king. When I photograph people, I always prefer candid images than the ones where the subject poses... I especially like the candid images where you are using a DSLR camera. With smart phones, you can snap a photograph of someone without even them noticing it. With DSLRs, no. Creating candid images requires respect for the subject and the trust of the subject, being comfortable doing what they're doing even with you holding a big camera in front of them.

...with that, this is one of my favorite candid photos, a photo of my friend Ani while we are resting in a hostel in Taipei in December 2017. I can't explain why I really like this photo, maybe it's because of the quietness, I'm not really sure. But I'm proud of this photo.

[syrupsyche]

Students hunting down the social media of their teachers in the Les Mis Teachers!AU, and finding:

Combeferre's public Instagram, where he posts and IDs all the insects and animals he sees. Sometimes he uploads links to YouTube videos and news articles for his students who are following him to read. He also has a TikTok where he uploads science experiments with Joly.

Courfeyrac’s private Instagram, where he only accepts students if they've long graduated. His IG stories are loud clips of him in the club, so blurry you can't see what's going on. His IG posts are of him with his friends, as well as screenshots of himself roasting stupid people on r/politics.

Feuilly's public Instagram and Twitter, all of which repost or retweet journal publications and news articles written by his friends in the field. Once in a while he posts a piece of woodwork he's made, and Enjolras is always the first to like and comment a 👍.

Enjolras' public Instagram, which has no profile picture, no description, and only the occasional post of current news affairs with a loooong caption sharing his thoughts. One day a student finds his Twitter, which is entirely in Korean, where it's also 90% of him sharing about news that may have gone under the radar (esp. things happening in Korea/Asia in general) and then 10% of him asking the void for dating advice. No one replies to those 💔.

Bahorel's public TikTok, where he has 3 workout videos and 48 duets of him arguing with people on bad history takes. Sometimes he goes on TikTok lives with Grantaire and they talk about bullshit for 3 hours straight.

Jehan's Tumblr, which is solely dedicated to Romantic literature. They invite students to send them asks and they answer them pretty often, usually about book/show recommendations, further readings, and opinions on poets and playwrights. Every so often an anon will send a scathing ask roasting Jehan's taste, and every time it's Bahorel.

Bossuet's private Instagram, where he only allows students who've graduated to follow. Except the app keeps glitching and his students keep getting in, so every day he has to softblock them again. His profile is pretty simple though, just pictures of him and his friends, his food, yearly graduation photos with his students etc. Alas, all of them have EXTREMELY horrendous IG filters on them. He likes it, okay?!

Joly's Twitter, where he retweets mostly cute/funny animal tweets, interspersed with the occasional Twitter thread where he goes on long tangents debunking myths about historical illnesses like the black plague, the cholera epidemic etc. He's currently curating one about COVID in his drafts. It's 80 tweets long.

Grantaire's public Instagram, which has about 1,320 posts because he posts about EVERYTHING. His breakfast, a nice cloud, a store having a clearance sale (in which he will tag his friends and caption "Shall we go?") etc. He treats IG like a group chat with all his 289 followers. A lot of pictures of his friends too. Whenever his students win an award or competition he posts about them as well, just with a huge censor bar to conceal their identity. He uses up all 10 slots for the IG carousel post, with the 10th picture always being a sneaky photo taken of Enjolras that day.

Bonus:

Marius' Twitter, except it took forever to confirm it was Marius because his tweets are in four entirely different languages. The students only figured it out once they saw a Twitter thread where Enjolras and Marius were debating with each other in Korean.

Éponine's TikTok, where it only has one video thus far, and its her sending off Gavroche on his first day of school. She uses her account to roast Combeferre’s and Joly’s science experiments, as well as bully Bahorel and Grantaire on their TikTok lives.

Cosette's public Instagram, which is a pretty popular bullet journaling account. Very aesthetic; students follow her to get some decor inspo and study tips. Her IG stories are pictures with Valjean and Fantine captioned "brunch with my favourite people!! 💫💗" or blurry pictures of Enjolras coming out of his bedroom at 2pm on Saturday captioned "Bigfoot sighting #39"

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Guy that knows very little actual sonic lore and also ships shadamy: I just think Amy should be in sonic movie 3 since she’s important to shadows story and a factor in his arc towards changing and

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

Given how often the 'Bonus' interludes feel like they contain some pretty vital plot-relevant material, it's nice when we have one that is genuinely a bonus and that's it, like this Lung Interlude for 22.y

[mariusslonelysoul]

i picked up a pencil after a year because i need you to visualize this enjolras headcanon i have

it ties into my argentinian!grantaire hc (or, Rgento, if you will). so! enjolras never found coffee to be an effective stimulant, caffeine never did much for him, but then came grantaire, who introduced them all to the wonder that is el mate (a bitter, hot drink made from plant, a bit like tea, except not really, that also happens to be a great stimulant). some took to it, some didn't, it's a bit of an acquired taste, but enjolras? enjolras latched onto it like a lifeline because not only is it a stimulant thanks to its caffeine-like component, but the actual act of drinking it keeps him sufficiently entertained while studying and working, so now he's never seen without his mate kit

[bubble-you]

read a post about if the doctor was a vampire and got snacks from friends. just a bite. and uhh a little horrified because proportionately they’d probably need like 1L of blood at LEAST to be full. And that’s like 25~30% already. So say a snack. But Rory would apparently draw blood for 11 using a needle, and that’s alright, that’s only 5 ml or 10 ml, at most 20. That’s a reasonable snack, if you were to give that away.

It doesn’t dull the dread of if they were to really drink. That’s your strength. Also… the puncture wound needs to heal. Bruises. Anemia. Drained. Unstoppered.

[reijndeers]

bad time but kiwi on yay

[molkolsdal]

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - An Afghan bride cries and kisses a relative goodbye at the end of her wedding ceremony inside a hotel, August 30, 2002 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Each Friday, every beauty salon is filled with brides, the hotels are jammed with young couples and most streets are packed with streams of cars, blaring their horns as Afghans rush to get married after decades of war.

Ami Vitale

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Giant panda populations have grown from only 1,100 worldwide in 1990 to more than 1,800 today, thanks to massive efforts from China and the international community. Still up in the air: whether the threatened species will be able to roam freely in shrinking wild habitats or be limited to protected reserves

Photographer: Ami Vitale

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Ami Vitale

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Ami Vitale