Vincenzo Pietropaolo
| Vincenzo Pietropaolo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1951 (age 62–63) |
| Occupation | photographer |
| Known for | social commentary |
Vincenzo Pietropaolo is an award winning photographer known for photographs that display an empathy for his subjects, who has focussed on documentary photography.[1] In 2011 Satu Repo, wrote about the first or Pietropaolo's photographs to be published, in 1971, in This magazine. Those photos were of immigrant workers, on strike outside Artistic Woodwork. She described how "The photos were remarkable in both their intensity and intimacy. You were face-to-face with these men, solemn but determined, exercising their right to organize. You couldn’t help but share the photographer’s clear empathy for them."
Since then Pietropaolo's photographs have been widely published, have been the subject of gallery shows, and have won awards, including the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award.[1][2][3]
During the 1970s and 1980s Pietropaolo also worked in the field of city planning, choosing to devote himself exclusively to photography in 1991.[4][5][6]
Works
- Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Catherine MacLeod (2011-04-21). Celebration of resistance: Ontario's Days of Action. Between the Lines. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Catherine Frazee, Wayne Johnston (2010). Invisible No More: A Photographic Chronicle of the Lives of People With Intellectual Disabilities. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813547688. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- Vincenzo Pietropaolo (2006). Not Paved with Gold: Italian-Canadian Immigrants in The 1970s. Between the Lines. ISBN 9781897071083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- Vincenzo Pietropaolo, Cecelia Elisabeth Burke Lawless (2002). Making Home in Havana. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813530949. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Satu Repo (2011-06-08). "This45: Satu Repo on documentary photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo". This Magazine. Retrieved 2013-07-06. "Pietropaolo, born in 1951 in Italy, has had a long career as an independent, socially committed photographer ever since his first publication in This. He has exhibited around the world and won numerous awards, including the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award in 2010."
- ↑ "Vincenzo Pietropaolo portfolio". Stephen Bulger Gallery. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ Phil Anderson. "Through The Lens. A Photographic Journey with Vincenzo Pietropaolo" (in English). Artoronto.ca. Retrieved May 2013. "His art practice has evolved into many photographic series and eight photographic books such as Celebration of Resistance (1999), Harvest Pilgrims (2OO9), Making Home in Havana (2OO2) and Not Paved With Gold(2OO6) as well many writings and essays."
- ↑ Christopher Hutsul (2004-09-05). "Building toward today's Toronto". Toronto Star. p. B.02. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ John Spears (1996-04-17). "Donation to help immigrants adjust `Lucky' man says thanks with aid to skills agency". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2013-07-06. "Vincenzo Pietropaolo. An urban planner by training, Pietropaolo became a full-time photographer whose latest work depicts the lives of migrant workers"
- ↑ J.P. Antonacci (2009-11-01). "People have no idea where our food comes from". Corriere Canadese Tandem Magazine. Retrieved May 2013. "Italo-Canadian photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has long had an interest in documenting the immigrant experience. After coming to Toronto as a 12-year-old boy from his native Calabria, Pietropaolo studied photography until finally leaving a career in city planning to focus his lens on issues of social justice."