Vincenzo Pietropaolo

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.

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).

During the 1970s and 1980s, Pietropaolo also worked in the field of city planning, choosing to devote himself exclusively to photography in 1991.

In 2025, Pietropaolo was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

Works

Vincenzo Pietropaolo; Frank Lewinberg (2025). Housing for All: How Toronto Built the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood. Cormorant Books. . Vincenzo Pietropaolo (2025). From Factory Worker to Senator: A Biography of Peter Bosa. Club Giuliano Dalmato di Toronto. ISBN 9781069266927. Vincenzo Pietropaolo (2023). Toronto as Community. Cormorant Books. . Vincenzo Pietropaolo; Mark Frutkin (2020). Where Angels Come to Earth. Longbridge Books. . Vincenzo Pietropaolo (2017). Ritual: Good Friday in Little Italy. Black Dog Publishing. .