Pia Parolin

Pia Parolin (born 24 August 1965 in Italy) is an Italian-German biologist, tropical ecologist, photographer, and author. Her scientific work has focused on tropical forests and wetlands, especially Amazonian floodplains. Alongside her scientific career, she has published books on photography and has been active in street photography since 2016.

Early life and education Parolin was born in Northern Italy. German School of Milan. Study of biology at University of Bielefeld, Germany. PhD in ecology (1997), Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology and University of Hamburg, Germany, and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, Brazil. Habilitation in ecology (2001), University of Hamburg, Germany.

Photography Parolin has worked in street and conceptual photography since 2016.

In 2024, the Italian magazine Fotocult listed Parolin among influential Italian photographers.

FotoTV featured her in repeated live sessions.

Publications Parolin is the author or co-author of several photography books, including works published by dpunkt.verlag and Éditions Baie des Anges.

Selected books Promenade(s). Rencontres éphémères de passants (Éditions Baie des Anges, 2018) Un dimanche matin à Nice (Éditions Baie des Anges, 2019) Flow – Fotografieren als Glückserlebnis (dpunkt.verlag, 2020) Entwickle deine Fotografie! Eine Wahrnehmungsschule für die Streetfotografie (dpunkt.verlag, 2021) Mit offenen Augen. Wie du deine künstlerischen Ansprüche verwirklichst (with Siegfried Hansen, dpunkt.verlag, 2021) Next Level Streetfotografie. Starke Bilder gestalten und klare Aussagen treffen (with Martin U. Waltz, dpunkt.verlag, 2022) Praxisbuch Streetfotografie. Von der Szene zum Bild – wie kreative Streetfotos entstehen (with Siegfried Hansen, dpunkt.verlag, 2024)