Paola Gianturco
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| Born | 1939 Urbana, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Years active | 1995–current |
| Website | paolagianturco.com |
Paola Gianturco (born 1939) is an American photojournalist and former business executive. Her photojournalistic work has focused on women around the world who have overcome difficult issues.
Gianturco was born and raised in Urbana, Illinois. When she was 8 years old, she received her first camera, a gift from her father. She graduated from Stanford University in 1961.
Before becoming a photojournalist in the mid-1990s, Gianturco spent 34 years working in marketing and corporate communications. She worked at Hall & Levine, the first women-owned advertising agency, where she became a principal; and spent nine years as executive vice president of the corporate communications subsidiary of Saatchi & Saatchi.
In 1995, Gianturco was living near San Francisco, working as a communications consultant. The United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing inspired her to document craftswomen in developing countries, and she invited former co-worker Toby Tuttle to collaborate in photographing and writing a book. At the time, the two were both amateur photographers and longtime folk art collectors. They spent three years researching the subject, and two more interviewing and photographing 90 craftswomen in 12 developing countries on 4 continents. They spent at least a week in each of the 28 villages they visited.
In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World was published in 2000, with a foreword by Alice Walker. The book includes 260 color photographs. Gianturco and Tuttle wrote the book with the intention of bringing publicity to the craftswomen, and to help the craftswomen receive a fair share of the proceeds from sales of their work.
With her next book, 2004’s Celebrating Women, Gianturco documented festivals and ceremonies in 15 countries across the globe that honor women.
¡Viva Colores! A Salute to the Indomitable People of Guatemala (2006), with text by David Hill and photos by Gianturco, taken over a ten-year span, is a collection of vivid, colorful photos of seemingly ordinary Guatemalans who are making a difference in their communities.
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