Our Story
Located in a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Oltrarno in Florence, the Tobian Art Gallery is a new space dedicated to Visual Arts. The idea comes from the founder Giacomo Pirozzi, a passionate art lover. Thanks to all his connections with artists and galleries worldwide, he has created an innovative and creative space where cultures meet and people can learn through the international language of arts. Although Contemporary Art and Photography are the main focus, the gallery plans a good selection of publications dedicated to Visual Arts. Additionally, it organizes workshops for children, young people, and adults, including photography workshops.
Giacomo Pirozzi
Owner | Designer | Creative Director
Italian photographer Giacomo Pirozzi was trained as a sociologist. He became a professional photographer in 1990 when he began working for UNICEF in West Africa. Since then he has lived in the Ivory Coast, Kenya, and South Africa. He has traveled and photographed in 150 countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa. In addition to working with UNICEF and other UN agencies, Pirozzi has been published in numerous magazines, exhibitions, and other publications in many languages and countries. He has also developed a methodology to introduce photography to children living in poverty or distress and has led child photography workshops in more than 60 countries around the world. He is the author of many books, including C’est ma taille che m’a sauve (My Height Saved Me) (1997), a book about the recovery processes for children following the Rwandan genocide, Children of Africa (1999), The Rights of Children (2010), which was written to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the CRC, A Journey with Children Living and Working on the Streets in the Philippines (2011), Portraits of Children of the Indian Ocean (2012), I am a child of Uzbekistan (2016) and Through my Eyes (2018), a book of images taken by adolescents from 8 countries in South Asia during UNICEF Photography Workshops. Pirozzi is represented by Panos Pictures in London, England and presently lives between Tuscany, Italy and Thailand.
