Wildlife Photographer - Roberto Fabbri
I was born in Rome, Italy in 1941; my 'passion' for photography became evident during my early years. I used the word 'passion' because photography has never been my profession or one of my hobbies, but a true deep 'passion.' My love for the sea and the underwater world was also evident at a very young age; I remember the day my mother bought my first mask, a full face Pirelli, this was in 1950! I started scuba in 1960 and a few years later in 1964, I bought my first U/W housing, a Rolleimarin for my 6x6 Rolleiflex. I was the first to introduce in Italy the use of U/W strobe flashlight, at that time photographers were still using the 'old' bulbs.
In 1967 in a trip to Sudan, east coast of Africa, diving the Red Sea, I was fortunate enough to encounter a Manta Ray giving birth. Equipped with my Rolleimarin I captured some of the most incredible photographs, these are the only images on record depicting the birth of a Manta Ray! In 1969 these images awarded me the Silver Star at the prestigious International Underwater Photography Contest, the Premio Maurizio Sarra in Italy, it was the dreamland of the world photography competition in those days; David Doubilet, a master in U/W photography was the winner.
I have been living for last 14 years in Belize, Central America, I was immediately attracted by the wonders and beauty of the wilderness, the wildlife and the barrier reef with its underwater world. In 2002 I switched to the new digital world facing all the problems and challenges of this new photographic era.
Life in Belize gives me the opportunity to take wildlife images almost every day.
In the last years, I organized four different expeditions in the Madre de Dios, a large area of Amazon Basin of Peru, where you can still encounter the elusive wildlife of the Americas, this gave me the opportunity to put together a large portfolio of rare images.
This year I traveled in a remote area of Brazil, the Pantanal in Mato Grosso,
I stayed several weeks at the Jaguar Research Center, a small lodge owned by
the renown zoologist and active conservationist Dr. Charles Munn. It was amazing
the number of jaguars I encountered, just incredible!
I only work in the real wilderness, no zoos or other environment with trained animals, this is not wildlife!
This website is new, I just started uploading, I will try to keep it low in number and high in quality! If you have any comment please feel free to contact me any time. Thank you for visiting!
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