Rizzo Collection by Alberto Rizzo

Alberto arrived in NYC in 1965 to follow his passion as a Fashion photographer. Moving away from straight point and shoot images, he sought to change the way people saw fashion and beauty photography. Alberto’s early fashion work makes use of this by breaking away from his contemporaries and creating a sense of theatre, dance, and beauty that speak through his photographs, and border on the sublime. His painting, design, and graphic art background at the Accademia delle Bella Arti di Brera, Milan, as well as his training as a classical ballet dancer influenced much of his work. These inspirations are exemplified by his use of silhouettes, shadows, and illustrative elements in his early fashi...View all