Name: Roie Galitz
Picture title: Last Embrace
Category: Animal portraits
Nationality: Israel
Occupation: Full Time Wildlife Photographer and Public Speaker
Technical information
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikon 180-400mm F/4E TC VR
EXIF: 180mm F/5 1/200 ISO 1000
Accessories: Tripod Gitzo Systematic, Manfrotto Nitrotech-8 head
RUNNER-UP CATEGORY ANIMAL PORTRAITS
Roie Galitz| Last Embrace
Name: Roie Galitz
Picture title: Last Embrace
Category: Animal portraits
Nationality: Israel
Occupation: Full Time Wildlife Photographer and Public Speaker
Technical information
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikon 180-400mm F/4E TC VR
EXIF: 180mm F/5 1/200 ISO 1000
Accessories: Tripod Gitzo Systematic, Manfrotto Nitrotech-8 head
Roie Galitz says:
A female African elephant has died of natural causes, mainly old age. A pride of lions have found her and enjoyed the big feast. Suddenly, a young lioness, only 7 months old, came to the elephant and started working her way around her, moving between the elephant’s front legs, in a way that resembles a hug.
One of the things I like about the image, besides the composition and lighting, is the viewer’s experience with the image, which is a bipolar one. I like to watch people’s reaction to this, when they first respond with “awww, they are hugging” and after a few seconds they realize that something else is going on. This kind of engagement creates an interesting relationship with the frame.
This image was taken in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania.
About Roie Galitz:
Israel
As a wildlife photographer, Roie Galitz tries to tell stories of endangered animals with his images. His passion for animals and nature has also motivated him to increase environmental awareness.
Roie lives and breathes photography. To Roie, a unique perspective, in photography and life, can actualize any vision. Roie has impressive knowledge about photography, and wants to pass it on to as many people as possible. In 2007, he founded his own school of photography in Israel called Galitz School of Photography, which has over 30,000 graduates so far. He is also founder of Phototeva, a photography expedition company with many exciting destinations and photographers.
He is also Ambassador for Greenpeace, Gitzo, Lowepro, G-Technology and others. As well as on the board of the Israeli Nature and Parks Authority foundation and on the advisory board for other NGOs.
As a public speaker, Roie gave talks in 3 TEDx events, the United Nations HQ and several climate conferences, among many others.
He is currently based in Tel Aviv, Israel.