Paolo Simonazzi is a photographer and physician. He was born in 1961 in Reggio Emilia, Italy, where he lives and works. His exhibitions have been shown in Italy and abroad, including Havana, Moscow, Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney, New York and San Francisco.
His books include Circo Bidone (Zoolibri, 2003), Tra la Via Emilia e il West (Baldini Castoldi, 2007), Mondo piccolo (Umberto Allemandi, 2010), Bell'Italia (Silvana Editoriale, 2014), Cose ritrovate (Marsilio, 2014), Mantua, Cuba (Greta's Books, 2016) and So Near, So Far (Danilo Montanari, 2018).
His book Habana, eventual (Silvana Editoriale, 2026) follows ten years of visits to Centro Habana, a neighbourhood of Havana. It avoids the usual images of Cuba, such as vintage cars and political icons.
