Vicki Santello loves seeing the world mindfully through the art of photography. 

"it's not what you look at but what you see". Henry David Thoreau

Professional Memberships

• North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)
• Professional Women Photographers (PWP)
• Gainesville Fine Arts Association (GFAA)
   

Awards

2022 WildArt Photographer of the Year

• Gold Prize, Category Winner, WET, The Successful Hunt
• Highly Commended, Category BEHAVIOUR, We Are Family!
• Commended, Category, SPACE,  The Long March
• Top 100, WET, 4 Different images: Tactical Assessment, The Zen of Snow, Face of the Future, Ice Palace
• Top 100, SPACE, 2 Different Images ; Alone on the Ice, Cold Mountain Passage
• Top 100, ABSTRACTS,  Concealment

2022 The Greatest Masaai Mara Photographer of the Year

• April Monthly Finalist : The Lover's Quarrel
• May Monthly Finalist : The Huntress

2022 Africa Geographic

• Top 100, Startled Ostrich (aka The Pivotal Moment)

2021 North American Nature Photography (NANPA) Showcase

• Top 250: Safety in the Creche - elephant seals in blizzard
• Altered Reality Semi-Finalists: At The Waterhole and The Long Trek
• Birds Semi-Finalists: The Alarm Cry, Stellar Flight, Frozen March, Royal Portrait, I See You!, Mom's Watchful Eye, Cloud Soaring, Flight in Pink, Rightful Place
• Mammals:  The Successful Hunt, The Long Drink of Water, Lunch is Served, Spots on Ice, Battle of the Behemoths, The Predator Waits, By Momma's Side
• Scapes: Winter Architecture, Foggy Valley, Golden Ridges, Fall is in the Air!, Standing Proud!

2020: Published in Africa Geographic,  Mom Says No!

2019 Nature's Best Photography National Parks Top 100 Finalist (awarded 2020 due to Covid)

• The Strategic Hunter

2020 Pangolin Photography People's Choice Finalist

• The Successful Hunt

2020 North American Nature Photography (NANPA) Showcase

• Top 250: Tender Moments – Momma Leopard w/ Cubs
• Altered Reality Semi-finalist: The Unfolding of Autumn - North Carolina
• Macro/Micro/All Other Semi-finalist: Marching to His Own Drummer – Namaqua Chameleon
• Mammals Semi-finalist: The Cycle of Life – Cheetah with Kill; Spotted Stealth - Cheetah
• Scapes Semi-finalist: The Blessing of RAIN!! - Maasai Mara, Kenya

2019 Photo Tales coffee table book published by HPH Publishing - Johannesburg, S. Africa

• Tender Moments (2020 N. America Nature’s Photography Association Top 250)
• Deadly Embrace (Category Winner 2018 Nature’s Best Photography Africa)
• Morning Mist 

2019 Gainesville Fine Art Association (GFAA) Art Exhibit at Oak Hammock

• Award of Merit: Starry Starry Night

2019 National Geographic Photo of the Week April 26

• It's a Big World Out There

2019 National Geographic Daily Dozen February 27

• Mirror Image

2019 BBC Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

• Semi-finalist: Red Tide

2018 Nature's Best Photography Africa Competition

• Category Winner Wild Cats of Africa Behavioural: A Deadly Embrace

2019 North American Nature Photography Associations (NANPA) Showcase

• Top 250: Life on the Edge
• Mammals Semi-finalist: A Pause in the Hunt; Night Time Forager
• Scapes Semi-finalist: Icelandic Aurora; The Compliment of Complementary; Golden Beauty; Red Tide; Dunes Encroach on Pan of Dead Vlei; Aerial View of Cathedral Spires
• Macro/Micro/All Other Semi-finalist: Morning Commute; The Bath

2018 BBC Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest

• Semi-finalist: The Successful Hunt 

2018 Gainesville Fine Art Association (GFAA) Winter Show at Trinity United Methodist Church

• Award of Merit: Peruvian Innocence  

2018 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Showcase Competition

• Mammals Semi-Finalist: Over the Top; The Omega Wolf
• Scapes Semi-Finalist: Golden Beauty, Sand Dunes

2017 Photographer's Forum Best of Photography 2017

• Finalist: The Successful Hunt

2017 Nature's Best Photography Africa

• Birds of Africa Portrait Semi-finalist: Look at me! Tawny Eagle
• African Landscapes Semi-finalist: The Compliment of Complementary Colors

2017 Gainesville Fine Arts Association (GFAA) Living Creatures Exhibit

• Award of Merit: Plowing Through

2017 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Showcase Competition

• Mammals Semi-Finalist: African Wild Dog on Alert
• Birds Semi-Finalist: Tawny Eagle Opens Wide; Stellar Eagle Portrait; The New Boss (Stellar Eagles and Raven); Red Morph on a Mission

2016 Florida Wildlife Federation (FWF) Photo Contest 

• Winner for Waterscape Category: Ospreys at Dawn

Exhibits

2022 : Santa Fe College Art Gallery, multi-artist exhibit: Nature's Beauty

2017-2020: Artist in Residence: Francesca's Trattoria, Gainesville, FL
2019: GFAA Winter Showcase, Gainesville, FL
2019: GFAA Art Exhibit at Oak Hammock, Gainesville, FL
2019: GFAA Member's Best at the Cofrin Gallery, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL
2019: PWP Member Slideshow Showcase
2019: GFAA Photography & Digital Art Exhibit, Gainesville, FL
2019: Solo Exhibit at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2019: GFAA Fins, Feathers, Fur Exhibit, Gainesville, FL
2019: Harn Museum of Art, Art of Inquiry Exhibit, Gainesville, FL
2019: SIMED, Gainesville, FL
2018: GFAA Markey Wealth Management Exhibit, Gainesville, FL
2018: GFAA Photography & Digital Art Exhibit, Gainesville, FL
2018: Francesca's Trattoria Solo Exhibit, Gainesville, FL
2018: GFAA Winter Show at Trinity United Methodist Church
2018: SIMED, Gainesville, FL
2017: GFAA Gallery Member's Showcase
2017: SIMED, Gainesville, FL
2017: Sweetberries, Gainesville, FL
2017: GFAA Gallery Living Creatures Exhibit
2017: Pura Cuba, Oak Hammock, Gainesville, FL