Background
Paolo Gasparini Viola was born on March 15, 1934, in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Paolo Gasparini Viola was born on March 15, 1934, in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Paolo Viola worked for UNESCO as an architectural photographer in Latin America (1970-1972). In 1962-1965 he worked for the Consejo Nacional de Cultura in Havana, Cuba, and in 1961-1962 he worked on the newspaper Revolución in Havana.
Paolo Viola considers his work "essay photography," and he is interested in "contradictions (social, historic) and the emotional inner self."
Paolo Viola belongs to Consejo Venezolano de Fotografía in Caracas (since 1978) and to Consejo Latinoamericano de Fotografía in Mexico.