Paola Ghirotti (born February 2, 1955) is an Italian photographer.
From 1990 to the 1994 she was credited for taking photographs of the Formula One motor race.
She edited the special edition of Limes bimonthly Italian geopolitical magazine "Japan: This mystery", which was published in 2007.
She was given an unusual degree of access to the disaster area few weeks after the . The ambassador of Japan in Italy had given her an official recognition for the expressions of solidarity and kindness towards the victims in Tohoku.
She is a member of AISTUGIA – Italian Association for Japanese Studies.
Books
il Giappone degli uomini mito, by Marco Panara, Giovanni Carrada, Paola Ghirotti, Armando Curcio, 1990 Le cronache del Caffè greco, Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1987 Il Vittoriano. Materiali per una storia, Fratelli Palombi, 1986–88 Franco Zagari, Giardino Italiano a Osaka, Edizioni Over 1990 un Giappone, Paola Ghirotti and Hori Yasue, Diego Mormorio, Marco Panara, Franco Zagari, Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1995 La via Crucis di Francesco Messina a San Giovanni Rotondo, by Monsignore Crispino Valenziano Le Japon des Japonais, Éditions Liana Lévi le Maroc des Marocains, Éditions Liana Lévi La Chine des Chinois, by Hania Arentsen and Paola Ghirotti, Éditions Liana Lévi Japan: This mystery , the notebook Limes, The Gruppo Editoriale l'Espresso 2007. Jidai Matsuri 1990-2020 archive photos by Paola Ghirotti, unGiappone-Casadei Libri, 2020 Una Cina, 1985-2003 - [archive] photos by Paola Ghirotti, 2021 unGiappone Maroc festival national des arts populaires - [archive] photos by Paola Ghirotti, 2022 unGiappone
Chadō – Joan – Katsura Rikyū, album Japanese garden - [archive] photos by Paola Ghirotti, 2023 unGiappone
Exhibitions
1996 Roma – Una festa per gli occhi – La cultura del gusto, Akimoto Shigeru and Paola Ghirotti, introduction of the exhibition by Fosco Maraini, Istituto Giapponese di Cultura Rome /The Japan Foundation 1996 Kyoto – Kyoto: details of spring and autumn, Goethe Institut Kansai 1999 Roma – L'acqua in architettura, American Academy in Rome 2001 Gifu – Italia no bi, Japan no bi, The beauty of Italian and Japanese beauty. Fine art Museum 2014 Roma – Ayrton Senna, at the speed of the heart 2014 Ischia – Ayrton Senna, at the speed of the heart 2016 Minamisōma – watashi wa wasurenai 2016 Urbino – 日本の美、ウルビーノの美 Appunti di bellezza: Japan no bi, Urbino no bi 2019 Gifu – Watashi wa wasurenai 2019 Todi – #meuAyrton, Ayrton Senna at Heart Speed 2023 Todi – U.N.A. United Nations of Artists, by Matteo Boetti: widespread program involved 88 artists 2025 Urbino – #meuAyrton - Senna alla velocità del cuore, Urbino
References
Official site Paola Ghirotti Interview: La notte di Radio 1 Fondazione Italia Giappone, Paola Ghirotti Italia no bi Japan no bi: Italia-Giappone 2001 Interview by Lara de Angelis on book VoltiParole un Giappone di Paola Ghirotti, mani 手, calendar 2012 Limes Quaderno Speciale Mistero Giappone Tohoku 2011 – 2012 Do not forget – Paola Ghirotti / パオラ・ギロッティ Isia Urbino, Immagini indelebili incontro con la fotografa Paola Ghirotti East, Japan of the mind photo essay Paola Ghirotti Ayrton Senna by Paola Ghirotti #meuAyrton, Ayrton Senna at Heart Speed Una Cina, 1985-2003 Chadō – Joan – Katsura Rikyū, album Japanese garden Catalog U.N.A. United Nations of Artists Photographers, #meuayrton - Senna alla velocità del cuore Style magazine #meuAyrton - Senna alla velocità del cuore