Background
Paolo Pellizzari was born on February 7, 1956.
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It is obviously provocative and somewhat pretentious to call a book of photographs 'One Billion Indians'. No one can claim to cover the full diversity of a country this size. Many things are missing: entire provinces, different religions or ethnic groups, social representations. But there are reasons to entitle it so. The first one is that 'One Billion Indians' is the most important factor in understanding the country. It is what determines its physical aspect, its architecture, its logistics, its public transportation, and therefore shapes the impression one has when observing it. It lies at the core of politics and religious beliefs, and it is magnified by the rapid urban growth of the country. The second reason is linked to Pellizzari's peculiar photographic style. The title relates to his panoramic eye, to the idea of showing one billion details, one billion attitudes, one billion feelings - harmony within complexity. This book is essentially a compilation of scenes of ordinary life, taking pl
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Paolo Pellizzari was born on February 7, 1956.
He studied architecture at Université catholique de Louvain and Business at European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) ( Fontaineblau).
He specialises in crowds, human landscapes, he is a flaneur and observer of our world. His photografic work finds its roots in the German School of photography. His panoramic pictures featuring crowds and human landscapes makes his work distinctive among others
His work is shown in Museums and Art Galleries.
Before being photographer starting 1981 Paolo Pellizzari worked in the business world:
From 1981 to 1984, Pellizzari worked as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in France. There, he designed hand-held computers with a touchscreen and a built-in modem.
Ultimately, the company was sold to the Japanese company Murata. From 1989 to 1992, Pellizzari worked as an executive director of Neuhaus-Mondose in Belgium, overseeing the manufacturing of luxury chocolates.
From 1992 to 1999, Pellizzari was the owner of Inducolor Société Anonyme in Belgium and worked with the Venture Capital Arm of Li & Fung.
After eight years of management, he sold Inducolor Société Anonyme and quit the Business world. Starting in 1999 he dedicated all his time to photography.and became an independent photographer. Italian born he lives in Belgium.
His first exhibition was in Brussels with Moving Artist
He was awarded first prize for Grand Prix d’auteur Couleur de France. Followed an exhibition in Paris entitled Around the World.and other group exhibitions on the same theme.
In 2000 he published a book entitled Louisiana France du Tour and in 2005 "The Tours of the world". This book was awarded Best Sport Book of the year 2006.
In 2001, he had a solo exhibition at the Museum of modern art in Hasselt and entered into an agreement to cover the Tour de France, in the newspaper, Libération.
In 2002, Paolo had two group exhibitions with the Museum of Photography in Charleroi and Recyclart. He published l"Equipe, Vélo Magazine and was photographer for Liberation at the World Soccer Cup. Later he had other exhibits at Couleur Café, at the Queen Galleries in Brussels for his work entitled One Billion Indians, at Young Gallery in Brussels, Husson, le Musée de la photographie in Charleroi and the Château d"Eau in Toulouse.
In 2008 he worked on "Extrattitude.com", an initiative to promote as a photographer extraordinary people around the world.
In 2008 and 2009 he directed two movies (Inspirations and The Proof of the Sun). In 2010 he produced a book with his body of work called The Broad Way and exhibited at the Italian Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai.
In 2011 after some time spend in Puerta del Sol in Madrid with the Indignados, he sponsored an initiative to create a dialogue web site called www.eskutcha.com. In 2013 his work was shown in New York at Anastasia Photo Gallery.
Paolo Pellizzari teaches author photography at the International Center of Photography ( International Center of Photography) in New York and at l"Ecole Nationale d"Art de Lacambre in Brussels Belgium.
His work for the Press is distributed by Agence Vu in Paris and Contact Press Images in New New York
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