Vincenzo Pietropaolo

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Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Born1951 (age 7273)
Italy
OccupationPhotographer
Known for Social commentary
Website vincepietropaolo.com

Vincenzo Pietropaolo (born in 1951) is a Canadian photographer known for photographs that display an empathy for his subjects, who has focussed on documentary photography. [1]

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In 2011, Satu Repo wrote about the first of Pietropaolo's photographs to be published in 1971, in This Magazine . The photographs were of immigrant workers on strike outside Artistic Woodwork. She described the photographs as being "...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 (named in honor of Cesar Chavez). [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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Satu Repo (8 June 2011). "This45: Satu Repo on documentary photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo". This Magazine . Retrieved 6 July 2013. 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.
  2. "Vincenzo Pietropaolo portfolio". Stephen Bulger Gallery . Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  3. Phil Anderson. "Through The Lens. A Photographic Journey with Vincenzo Pietropaolo". Artoronto.ca . Retrieved 6 July 2013. His art practice has evolved into many photographic series and eight photographic books such as Celebration of Resistance (1999), Harvest Pilgrims (2009), Making Home in Havana (2002) and Not Paved With Gold (2006) as well many writings and essays.
  4. Christopher Hutsul (5 September 2004). "Building toward today's Toronto". Toronto Star . p. B.02. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  5. John Spears (17 April 1996). "Donation to help immigrants adjust 'Lucky' man says thanks with aid to skills agency". Toronto Star . Retrieved 6 July 2013. Vincenzo Pietropaolo. An urban planner by training, Pietropaolo became a full-time photographer whose latest work depicts the lives of migrant workers[ dead link ]
  6. J.P. Antonacci (1 November 2009). "People have no idea where our food comes from". Corriere Canadese Tandem Magazine . Retrieved 6 July 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.