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Ami Vitale

Ami Vitale

Photojournalist

Aug 4, 2026

10:21
Cobalt blue, red, a little chilling, but it also is hopeful in this timeline.
10:27
Yes.
10:27
So, so, you know, I started the story thinking that, you know, possibly I would be documenting extinction.
10:34
And certainly after Sudan died, it meant that the species was functionally extinct with just two females.
10:42
But like every story I've ever covered in the darkest hour, when there doesn't feel like there's any hope at all.
10:50
Human ingenuity and creativity light a path forward.
10:54
And this amazing team of scientists, of conservationists, of governments around the world coming together to do everything they can to save this species.

38 MINS LATER

49:33
And I wanted to come full circle because I'm watching the clock here to my other image, which was the Rothschild giraffe leaving an island, floating away to try again in a new spot.
17:47
You looked up and down and over and saw people getting married and people having babies and all saying, isn't this true? This is happening at the same time in the same war.
17:58
I mean, I studied journalism as well and realized that you're supposed to go in and be objective.
18:05
And at the same time, I realized that I was actually being asked to just focus on the most violent, sensationalistic aspects of every single story.
18:15
Bring back those dramatic images.
18:17
Show us the war.
18:19
And I did that, get close to the action.
18:22
I nearly died when I was running late one day and I was supposed to be in this building.

5 MINS LATER

23:57
So rather than me paraphrase some of the journey you're on with that particular thing, will you catch us up on your relationship with the Northern White Rhino?

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