National Geographic Contributor, Conservation Photographer

Travel and wildlife photographer Sergio Pitamitz is a National Geographic contributor and Fellow of iLCP-International League of Conservation Photographers. After a successful career as a travel photojournalist, he expanded his focus to wildlife and conservation, documenting biodiversity for nearly two decades, especially African wildlife, big cats, and the polar regions.

His work has taken him across all seven continents, and his stories and images have appeared in National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Books, BBC Wildlife, Geo Magazine, The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, and many others. After a successful career as a travel photojournalist, he expanded his focus to wildlife and conservation, documenting biodiversity for nearly two decades, especially African wildlife, big cats, and the polar regions.His books include ‘Wild Africa’ (2016) and the 2024 bestseller ‘Nature Photography: The Art of Portraying and Narrating Nature’, coauthored with photo editor Lello Piazza for the Italian publisher Apogeo-Feltrinelli.

Sergio has earned top recognitions, including the NPPA Best of Photojournalism awards first place in the Environmental category in 2016 and third place in the Science Story category in 2025.

He is the Chairman the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Environmental Photography Award and Producer of SIPA Talks, a day filled with lectures and interviews from renowned international photographers during the Siena International Photography Awards Festival in Italy.

With 30 years of experience traveling extensively across all seven continents, Sergio has countless captivating stories to share from his fascinating work as a National Geographic photographer.

Sergio holds dual French and Italian citizenship and lives in the Northern Italy Lake District with his wife and two children. When not traveling, he escapes to his beloved Menton on the French Riviera. A native French and Italian speaker, fluent in English, and conversational in Spanish, he’s always happy to switch languages.