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14 Facts About Paola Marzotto

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Donna Paola Marzotto was born on 25 May 1955 and is an Italian photographer, journalist and fashion designer.

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Paola Marzotto is known for her work as an environmentalist and environmental activist.

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Paola Marzotto is the founder of Eye-V Gallery, a collective of international photographers specialized in artistic and natural photography.

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Paola Marzotto attended the Liceo Classico Ennio Quirino Visconti in Rome.

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Paola Marzotto then proceeded to study anthropology and art at the John Cabot College.

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Interested in theater, television and film reportage, Paola Marzotto participated in taking photographs on the set of Apocalypse Now.

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Paola Marzotto had her first fashion appearance in 1987, reworking Tirolo's Dirndl costumes for her first show in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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Paola Marzotto applied this traditional Japanese technique to Western fashion styles, gaining recognition for her creativity in the fashion world.

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Paola Marzotto entered politics as a candidate for the 1999 European Parliament with the party The Democrats by Romano Prodi, affiliated to Antonio Di Pietro's Italy of Values.

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In early 2020, Paola Marzotto traveled to Antarctica, where she realized the damages of climate change.

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Paola Marzotto 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.

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The event took place at the Gallery of the Atlantes in the Legislature Palace of Buenos Aires, where in recognition of her work, Paola Marzotto was designed as Guest of Honor by the City's Legislature.

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In February 1978, Paola Marzotto met her parents' friend Carlo Ferdinando Borromeo, Count of Arona with whom she started an 18-year relationship.

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Borromeo and Paola Marzotto have two children; Carlo Ludovico Borromeo, designer, and Beatrice Borromeo, journalist and TV presenter, daughter-in-law of Princess Caroline of Monaco.