Name: Roie Galitz
Picture title: White wedding
Category: Black and white
Nationality: Israel
Occupation: Full Time Wildlife Photographer and Guide
Technical information
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikon 800mm F/5.6E FL ED VR
EXIF: F/13, 1/800 ISO250
Accessories: Tripod Gitzo Systematic, Manfrotto Nitrotech-8 head
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Roie Galitz | White Wedding
Name: Roie Galitz
Picture title: White Wedding
Category: Black and withe
Nationality: Israel
Occupation: Full Time Wildlife Photographer and Guide
Technical information
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikon 800mm F/5.6E FL ED VR
EXIF: F/13, 1/800 ISO250
Accessories: Tripod Gitzo Systematic, Manfrotto Nitrotech-8 head
Roie Galitz says:
Polar bears in courtship, during a whiteout in Svalbard. The wind was so strong and the snow was blown so strongly, I almost couldn’t keep my camera steadily to frame the bears. We were lost in this whiteout for hours, with no point of reference around us. The white polar bears in the white surrounding blended perfectly and I thought about the song by Billy Idol “White Wedding” as the white surrounded me.
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.