Rolando Dal Pezzo was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1955 and grew up in Imola, Italy. From 1969 to 1973, at the age of 14, he apprenticed jewelry making in Valenza Po, Italy. In 1973, together with his father Ennio and his brother Roberto, he opened a jewelry studio in Imola, Italy. He began photographing in 1976.

In 1984, the Dal Pezzo’s immigrated to Miami, Florida. In 1987, he graduated with Highest Honors at Miami Dade Community College in Miami and in 1989 earned a BFA in Visual Arts at Florida International University. In 1992, he earned an MFA in Photography at California College of Arts and Crafts and in 1996 an MA in Sociology at Florida International University.
He has received several awards and honors from US Institutions. Among them the Leica Award of Excellence, the Murphy Grant in Photography, and several Nikon International Photo Awards. From his first solo show in Prato, Italy in 1984, he has exhibited in solo and collective photography shows in the United States and Italy.

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