Roie Galitz

Roie Galitz (; born November 20, 1980) is an Israeli photographer, entrepreneur and environmental activist. He is known for his wildlife photographs, some of which have won international awards, especially those taken north of the Arctic Circle. Locally, Galitz founded Israel's largest school of photography, an adventure and photography travel company and the Israeli Photography Conference.

Galitz is a Greenpeace Ambassador and engages in conservation work around the world. He is recognized for his talks at the United Nations, the NYC Climate Week and TEDx talks in Helsinki University, Glasgow and Wexford alongside global conventions everywhere. Galitz is also an ambassador for Nikon, Gitzo, SanDisk Professional, and Lowepro.

Galitz is a member of The Explorers Club, and is a board member of the Israel National Parks Foundation of Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Galitz grew up in Netanya, and currently lives in New York City.

Group exhibitions

2015: Beyond the Lens, Sienna Photography Exhibition, Siena, Italy 2016: Nature's Best Photography, Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA 2016: Beyond the Lens, Sienna Photography Exhibition, Sienna, Italy 2016: Global Arctic Awards Photo Exhibition, Gogol Centre, Moscow, Russia 2017: Beyond the Lens, Sienna Photography Exhibition, Sienna, Italy 2019: Memorial Maria Lucia, International Mountain, Nature and Adventure, Traveling Exhibition, Europe

Roie Galitz receives award in the 2017 Siena International Photography Awards for his photo titled: "Fragile Ice" (2017). Roie Galitz Speaking in Israeli Photography Convention (2018).

Awards

2016: Olympic Photo Circuit, Nature & Open Color - PSA Gold 2016: International Photographer of the Year - Second Prize 2016: PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Professional Nature Wildlife - Third Prize 2016: International Photography Awards, Professional Wildlife - Third Prize 2017: Siena International Photography Awards, Fragile Ice - First Prize 2017: Glanzlichter, Sleeping Animals - First Prize 2017: Global Arctic Awards, Antarctica - GPU Gold Medal 2017: International Photography Awards, Landscapes - Third Prize 2017: One EyeLand Awards - 3 Bronze Medals 2018: GTC Awards for Excellence, BBC ONE's Snow Bears' Camera Team 2018: One Eyeland, Nature and Editorial - 2 Bronze Medals 2018: Outdoor Photographer of the Year, View from Above - Second Prize 2018: Salon PhotoArt Celebration, Travel - CFFU Silver Medal 2018: Wildlife Photo Awards, Animal Behavior - Second Prize 2018: Nordic Nature Photo Contest, Travel Photography - First Prize 2018: Kyrgyzstan Photo Salon, Nature & Travel - 2 Gold Medals 2018: Israel Photo Salon, Blue & White - FIAP Gold medal 2018: One Eyeland, Nature, Aerial - Gold Medal 2019: ND Awards, Professional Nature Wildlife - 3rd Prize 2019: DNSY Salon, Black & White - Silver Medal 2019: NY Soho Salon, Nature - Silver Medal 2019: 4th Balkan International Exhibition, Water - FIAP Gold Medal 2019: 12th NBPC International Salon of Photography, Nature - FIAP Gold Medal 2019: ROAM Awards, Lessons - 1st Place 2019: Picture of the Year, Reportage, Science & Natural History - 2 Awards of Excellence