Italian wildlife photographer and conservationist Bruno D'Amicis has spent ten years photographing the endangered Apennine chamois, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, in their rugged mountain habitat near his home in the Abruzzo region. Bruno has hiked hundreds of kilometres and spent countless hours in all seasons across the Central Apennines mountain range documenting every aspect of the life of this endemic chamois. His images have now been published in a book Ornata, the world's most beautiful chamois.

Once on the verge of extinction with their population reduced to a few dozen individuals, the Apennine chamois now faces a brighter future, thanks to better protection status and a reintroduction programme. In a vertical world, where avalanches, cold, storms, eagles and wolve

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