Paola De Grenet

When I started working as a photographer, in London in 1999, it was just another medium for me to illustrate my fantasies. I started doing editorial work, for the likes of The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine and Penguin Publishers, and continued to work with Spanish magazines after moving to Barcelona in 2003. By that stage, my photographs had become a tool for me to express my curiosity for the world (and we live in a very curious world indeed). But mainly "” and this is most visible in personal projects like "Albino Beauty", "Pink Dreams" and "Life as a Transsexual" "” photography for me is about the relationship between dreams and reality, both in others and myself. By learning about other people's struggles, with identity, innocence, prejudice and beauty, I learn about my own. Photography is what connects me to the outside world.

PAOLA DE GRENET
(Italy 1971)
www.paoladegrenet.com
www.possephoto.com

Paola started her photographic carreer in London in 1999 after finishing her studies in graphic design at Camberwell College of Arts.

She has done editorial work in England for:
MAGAZINES: “The Sunday Times Magazine”, “Canary”(Conde Nast Publishing),”Evening Standard”, “Tank Magazine”, “British Journal of Photography”, “The Guardian Week End Magazine”.
Publishers: “Hodder & Stoughton”, “Mac Millan”, “Penguin”, “IMP”
Online magazines:”Viewfinder”, www.1000words.com

In 2003 she moves to Barcelona where she works for:
Magazines: “Vanidad”, “.H”, “Yo Dona”(El Mundo), “El Magazine” (El Mundo), “Fuera de Serie(Expansion), “Descubrir el Arte”, “El Magazine” (La Vanguardia), “Ojo de Pez”, “Room”, “Ling”, “Woman”, “Elle””El Semanal”, “Flydoscope”(Luxair), V.Q.R. (U.S.A.), “Etiqueta Negra(South America), “La Nacion (Argentina), Gioia (Italia),” D republica”(Italia).

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS:
EXIT magazine “Around 10”
“BCN 24 HRS” , Brabander publishing
“Barcelona and fotografia”, catalogue by Lumwerg
“Barcelona 12 sensaciones”, Criteria Publishing
“FotoPres07”, catalogue
“REARVIEW MIRROR”, Magazine
100Eyes Photo Magazine(2009)


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