Giacomo Pirozzi

Giacomo Pirozzi, an Italian photographer, trained in sociology and journalism before becoming a professional photographer in 1990. That same year, he began working with the UNICEF West Africa regional office. Since then, he has lived in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, and South Africa, working in communication for two of UNICEF's regional offices in Africa. Throughout his career, Pirozzi has traveled and photographed in over 150 countries across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa. In addition to his work with UNICEF and other UN agencies, his photographs have been widely published in international magazines, exhibitions, and publications in multiple languages. Furthermore, he developed a methodology to introduce photography to children living in poverty or adverse conditions and has conducted photography workshops in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Pirozzi is the author of several books, including C'est ma taille qui m'a sauvé (My Height Saved Me, 1997), which focuses on the rehabilitation of children following the Rwandan genocide; Children of Africa (1999); The Rights of Children (2010), published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; A Journey with Children Living and Working on the Streets in the Philippines (2011); Portraits of Children of the Indian Ocean (2012); I Am a Child of Uzbekistan (2016); and Through My Eyes (2018), which features photographs taken by adolescents from eight South Asian countries during UNICEF workshops. Represented by Panos Pictures in London, Pirozzi has always maintained a passionate interest in art. Throughout his travels, he has built a substantial collection of works by both emerging and established artists. In 2019, he founded the Tobian Art Gallery in Florence, where he has since curated numerous exhibitions featuring international artists.