Vincenzo Pietropaolo Explained

Vincenzo Pietropaolo
Birth Place:	Italy
Known For:	Social commentary
Occupation:	Photographer

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]

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]}

Works

• Vincenzo Pietropaolo; Mark Frutkin (2020). Where Angels Come to Earth. Longbridge Books. .
• Vincenzo Pietropaolo (2017). Ritual: Good Friday in Little Italy. Black Dog Publishing. .
• Book: Invisible No More: A Photographic Chronicle of the Lives of People With Intellectual Disabilities. Rutgers University Press. Vincenzo Pietropaolo . Catherine Frazee . Wayne Johnston . 2010. 9780813547688.
• Book: Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada. Between the Lines. Vincenzo Pietropaolo. 2009. 9781897071540.
• Book: Not Paved with Gold: Italian-Canadian Immigrants in The 1970s. Between the Lines. Vincenzo Pietropaolo . Preface by Nino Ricci . 2006. 9781897071083.
• Book: Making Home in Havana. Rutgers University Press. Vincenzo Pietropaolo . Cecelia Elisabeth Burke Lawless . 2002. 9780813530949.
• Book: Canadians at Work / Canadiens au travail. Canadian Auto Workers. Vincenzo Pietropaolo (photographs), Introductory essay by Sam Gindin. 2000.
• Book: Kensington. Boston Mills Press. Vincenzo Pietropaolo . Text by Jean Cochrane . 2000. 9781896357225.
• Book: Celebration of resistance: Ontario's Days of Action. . Vincenzo Pietropaolo . Introduction by Catherine MacLeod . 1999. 9781896357225.
• Book: Marco and Michela (Where We Live). James Lorimer & Company . Satu Repo with Giuliana Colalillo and Vincenzo Pietropaolo. 1978. 9780888621726.

External links

• Vincenzo Pietropaolo fonds (R11229) at Library and Archives Canada

Notes and References

1. News: This45: Satu Repo on documentary photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo. This Magazine. Satu Repo. Satu Repo. 8 June 2011. 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. Web site: Vincenzo Pietropaolo portfolio. Stephen Bulger Gallery. 6 July 2013.
3. News: Through The Lens. A Photographic Journey with Vincenzo Pietropaolo. Artoronto.ca. Phil Anderson. 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. News: Building toward today's Toronto. https://archive.today/20130706152619/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/689681521.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+05,+2004&author=Christopher+Hutsul&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Building+toward+today's+Toronto&pqatl=google. dead. 6 July 2013. Toronto Star. Christopher Hutsul. 5 September 2004. B.02. 6 July 2013.
5. News: Donation to help immigrants adjust 'Lucky' man says thanks with aid to skills agency. Toronto Star. John Spears. 17 April 1996. 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.
6. News: People have no idea where our food comes from. Corriere Canadese Tandem Magazine. J.P. Antonacci. 1 November 2009. 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..