About Me

Alberto Tarroni is a wildlife photographer and emerging documentary filmmaker.
Originally trained as a nature photographer, he began his journey in 2019 learning the fundamentals of photography on film at ACFactory in Modena. Over the years, his passion for capturing the beauty of nature has grown alongside his academic studies and field research in conservation, driven by the challenges our planet is facing.
Now expanding his work into filmmaking, Alberto is a self-taught director and editor. He started by documenting animal behaviour during his many wildlife expeditions, and today he collaborates with the NGO Wildlife Initiative, contributing to conservation projects through field research and visual storytelling.

Documentary Works

IRBIS: A Shared Future

Set in the remote Altai Mountains of Mongolia, this documentary follows the conservation project led by Wildlife Initiative in the Sutai and Myang Ugalzad ecological corridor. Since 2022, the team has been working to protect the endangered snow leopard and promote coexistence with local herders, who once saw the predator as an enemy. Through the voices of rangers and herders, the film reveals how deep-rooted conflict is slowly giving way to understanding, while also highlighting a new effort to combine snow leopard conservation in sinergy with the elusive Pallas’s cat.

Director Statement

Since I first picked up a camera, I have felt the need to share the beauty of nature with the world and above all, the daily efforts of countless people who dedicate themselves entirely to protecting it.
Within Wildlife Initiative I found exactly this: a constant and passionate commitment to safeguarding a world that has changed, and will continue to change, in the years to come.

While working with Wildlife Initiative on various conservation projects around the world, I felt the need to tell the story of one of its most significant efforts: the protection of the snow leopard in the remote Altai Mountains, one of the most isolated regions on Earth.

During the weeks I spent in these mountains, I was deeply moved by the warmth and openness of the local rangers and herders. Witnessing their daily dedication to protecting an animal that, until recently, was seen only as a threat was profoundly touching. In those moments, I understood that conservation is not just about protecting a species, it is about rebuilding a bond of trust between people and the wild.