George Pimentel (photographer)
George Pimentel (born 20th century) is a Toronto-based celebrity photographer. He has covered the Oscars, the Cannes Film Festival, the Met Gala, the Venice Film Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival.[1][2][3]
Personal Life
[edit]Pimentel is a third-generation photographer in his family. His grandfather was the town photographer in a small island of the Azores and both his father and uncle were also photographers.[1] Through the late 1970s and 1980s, he spent Saturdays helping his father photograph weddings out of a family business in Little Portugal.[4]
He graduated from Ryerson University.[5]
Career
[edit]Pimental got his start in 1993 when he was mistaken for a credentialed photographer at the Toronto International Film Festival and managed to get a shot of Robert DeNiro.[6]
Over 30 years, Pimentel worked his way up from being a streetside photographer to being invited to cover A-list events.[4] His subjects have included Beyoncé, Tom Cruise, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Aniston and Taylor Swift, among many others.[4]
His work has appeared in People, Vanity Fair and Vogue, among other outlets.[4]
Pimental’s photographs were exhibited at Yorkdale Shopping Centre at a 2023 monthlong retrospective called “30 Years of Red Carpet Style with George Pimentel.”[4][7][8]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pimentel catalyzed Canada COVID Project, a collaborative photography initiative to document Canada during COVID.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "George Pimentel sheds the camera lens, shares why it never hurts to ask". The Globe and Mail. 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Hill, Libby (2023-09-14). "TIFF 2023 Pictures That Are Worth a Thousand Words (Photos)". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "What celebrity photographer George Pimentel is watching and listening to". The Globe and Mail. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Star-struck: Over 30 years, George Pimentel has photographed almost every imaginable A-lister—including Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston, Beyoncé, Adam Sandler and Sandra Bullock". Toronto Life. September 1, 2023.
- ^ "'No one will ever know the most stressful photo I've ever shot in my life:' Behind the lens with one of Canada's most famed celebrity photographers". CTVNews. 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ Hill, Libby (2023-09-14). "TIFF 2023 Pictures That Are Worth a Thousand Words (Photos)". TheWrap. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Davidson, Sonya (2023-09-07). "Iconic Red Carpet Moments by George Pimentel". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ Star, George Pimentel Special to the (2023-09-09). "Lady Gaga, George Clooney and other celebrities invade Yorkdale mall". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ "Renowned photographer launches Covid-19 project". Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2024-09-15.