Paola Marzotto

Donna Paola Marzotto (born 25 May 1955) is an Italian photographer, journalist She is also known for her work as an environmentalist and environmental activist. She is the founder of Eye-V Gallery, a collective of international photographers specialized in artistic and natural photography.

Early life and education Marzotto is the first daughter of Count Umberto Marzotto, and Marta Marzotto. She attended the Liceo Classico Ennio Quirino Visconti in Rome. She then proceeded to study anthropology and art at the John Cabot College. In 1973, her mother moved to the Spanish Steps to a house that she turned into a gathering place for international artists and intellectuals. Here, Marzotto grew up, surrounded by the artistic milieu of the 70s, due to her mother relationship with painter Renato Guttuso. Interested in theater, television and film reportage, Marzotto participated in taking photographs on the set of Apocalypse Now (1976). From 1977 she worked for broadcasting companies such as Antenna Nord (which later became Italia 1) and RAI. and in the Italian Haute Couture. Marzotto applied this traditional Japanese technique to Western fashion styles, gaining recognition for her creativity in the fashion world. Some dresses from this collection are exhibited at the Arimatsu Museum in Nagoya.

Between the 1980s and 1990s she participated in thematic exhibitions like Futurismo at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, L'abito oltre la moda at the Fortuny Museum in Venice, with the installation The Dress of Light, and The Reggi-secolo along with influential designers, stylists and architects of that period.

Politics Marzotto entered politics as a candidate for the 1999 European Parliament with the party The Democrats (Italy) by Romano Prodi, affiliated to Antonio Di Pietro's Italy of Values. In 2001–2002, she became a candidate for both the Lombardy Region as well as the Municipality of Milan, where she emerged as group leader of Italy of Values at the Milan Zone 1 Council (2002–2006). She collected a series of photographs which were displayed in the exhibition Antarctica, Melting Beauty in the calendar of the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale on architecture in 2021. Her collection was displayed at the School of Mines and Energy in Madrid in February 2022 on the occasion of the award celebration of the Nature photography contest dubbed #BetterEarthThanMars.

In October 2022, Marzotto's photographic collection was displayed on the occasion of the C40, the world mayors' summit on climate change. The event took place at the Gallery of the Atlantes in the Legislature Palace of Buenos Aires, where in recognition of her work, Marzotto was designed as Guest of Honor by the City's Legislature. The exhibition was also presented at the Museo Ralli in Punta del Este, Uruguay in January 2023. In 2022, Eye-V Gallery hosted its first exhibition, Ode to Nature in collaboration with the Pool NYC. The exhibition explored the spiritual relationship with Mother Nature through the work of 13 photographers, all with different technological and cultural backgrounds. Borromeo and Marzotto have two children; Carlo Ludovico Borromeo, designer, and Beatrice Borromeo, journalist and TV presenter, daughter-in-law of Princess Caroline of Monaco.