Paolo Roversi
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Biography
Person.
Paolo Roversi is an Italian photographer born in Ravenna in 1947 whose career developed in Paris. After assisting British photographer Lawrence Sackmann, he established himself in fashion through editorial assignments and a Christian Dior beauty campaign. His portraits include Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss.
Roversi is closely associated with the studio, large-format cameras and Polaroid photography. Soft monochrome images and richly coloured portraits emerged from his experiments with natural light, long exposures and torchlight. His publications include Nudi, Libretto and Studio. In 2024 the Palais Galliera presented a retrospective surveying fifty years of work and the photographic language he developed within fashion.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Hamiltons — Paolo Roversi biographyBirth, Paris career, Sackmann, fashion commissions and books.
- Palais Galliera — Paolo Roversi2024 retrospective, equipment, light and visual approach.