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ALBERTO RIZZO

ALBERTO RIZZO

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FASHION AND BEAUTY

Italian Vogue Jewelry Editorial circa December 1973

Vogue Italia, circa 1974

Italian Vogue, circa 1973

Italian Vogue, circa 1969
Outtake — Italian Vogue, circa 1969 Outtake

Vogue Italia, circa 1971

Italian Vogue
Princess Galitzine Makeup, circa 1971 — Italian Vogue Princess Galitzine Makeup, circa 1971

Italian Vogue, circa 1970

Italian Vogue, July 1971

Vogue Italia, circa 1974

Vogue Italia, circa 1971

Vogue Italia, circa 1970

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1969

Harpers Bazaar, circa 1970

Harper's Bazaar Aqua Vision, circa August 1978

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1970

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1970

Harper's Bazaar, circa March 1969

Harper's Bazaar, circa October 1971

"4 Arm Lady", Harpers Bazaar, circa March 1969

"Leg Gear", Harper's Bazaar, circa September 1969

"Fashion in a Circle" Harper's Bazaar , circa 1969

"Fashion in a Circle" Harper's Bazaar , circa 1969

"Fashion in a Circle" Harper's Bazaar , circa 1969

Harper's Bazaar, circa December 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa January 1971

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

American Vogue, circa February 1977

American Vogue, circa 1975

American Vogue, circa 1977

Sant'Angelo Editorial in Harpers Bazaar,circa 1971

Sant'Angelo Editorial in Harpers Bazaar, circa 1969

Sant'Angelo Editorial in Harpers Bazaar, circa 1969

Sant'Angelo Editorial in Harpers Bazaar, circa 1969

Japanese Vogue, circa 2003

Japanese Vogue, circa 2003

Japanese Vogue, circa 2003

Japanese Vogue, circa 2003

Japanese Vogue, circa 2003

Harper's Bazaar, circa June 1971

Piaget, Harpers Bazaar, circa 1969

Piaget, Harpers Bazaar, circa 1969

Piaget, Harpers Bazaar, circa 1971

Piaget, Harpers Bazaar, circa 1969

Piaget, Harper's Bazaar, circa February 1972

Harper's Bazaar, circa March 1971

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1976

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1976

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1976

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1976

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1976

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1980

GQ magazine, editorial circa 1980

GQ, circa May 1976

NUDES

Italian Vogue, circa 1974

Italian Vogue, circa 1970

Italian Vogue, circa 1973

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1970

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1970

Italian Vogue, circa 1970

Personal work, circa 1970

Italian Vogue, circa 1970

Ballerina Series, Circa 1990

Ballerina Series, Circa 1990

Harper's Bazaar, circa 1971

"Nana in the Desert" Circa 1980

Italian Vogue, circa Decemeber 1971

Italian Vogue, circa May 1972

Italian Vogue, circa July 1972

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Italian Vogue, Circa 1970

Italian Vogue, Circa 1970

Italian Vogue, circa 1970

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"Woman in Window", circa 1975

Personal work, circa 1970's

"Body on Negative" 1970

Italian Vogue, circa 1970

NOIR SERIES

1965

"Noir #2" 1965

"Noir #3" 1965

"Noir #4" 1965

"Noir #5" 1965

"Noir #6" 1965

"Noir #7" 1965

"Noir #8" 1965

"Noir #9" 1965

NOIR SERIES

1993

NOIR #2, 1993

NOIR #3, 1993

NOIR #4, 1993

NOIR #6, 1993

NOIR #7, 1993

NOIR #8, 1993

PERSONAL

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

Nude on Paper circa 1980

Abstract

Solarized Man in Pool

Solarized Man in Pool

Falling Down Man Series 1979 | Collaboration with Vincenzo Agnetti

Falling Down Man Series 1979 | Collaboration with Vincenzo Agnetti

Falling Down Man Series 1979 | Collaboration with Vincenzo Agnetti

"Bonfa Hands" Circa 1985

Purple Nude with Lily

Sappho circa 1980

COVERS

Cover of Harper_s Bazaar January 1970_Permanent collection of Victoria and Albert Museum 2015_Projected onto Empire State Building 2017 for Harper_s Bazaar 150th Anniversary Greatest Moments_Exhibited at Carla Sozzani Gallery, Mil.jpg

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HB Cover October 1971 Ingrid.jpg

Vogue Italia November 1972 Cover Tearsheet 2.jpg

Progreso Fotografico Cover March 1973.jpg

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Newsweek Cover April 4th 1977.jpg

Feva Magazine Cover 1997.jpg

Essence Magazine Cover May 1978.jpg

Self Magazine Alberto Rizzo July 1979 Cover.jpg

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SURREAL CUT OUTS

Chess

"Cliche Verre #2"

Cutout Paper Series #4

Cutout Paper Series #6

Cutout Paper Series #9

"Cut Out #21"

"Dancers"

Hand Cut Out #2

Terra, #4

Cliche Verre, #3

Terra, #2

Cut Out 1

Cutout Paper Series #2

SHADOW SERIES

Shadow, 4

Shadow 12

Shadow, 20

Shadow, 3

Shadow, 21

Shadow, 8

Shadow, 6

Shadow, 14

Shadow, 22

Shadow, 29

ABSTRACT SERIES

Abstract Expressionism, 2

Abstract Expressionism, 4

Abstract Expressionism, 9

Abstract Expressionism, 12

Abstract Collage Portrait, 1990s

Abstract, 28

Abstract, 61

Athena (yellow version)

Red Cut Out Undressing

Abstract Expressionism, 5

"Connecting Bodies" | "Incontro"

Red Man and Green Woman Cliche Verre

The right word to describe Alberto Rizzo's work is dynamic.

The women in his pictures 'explode' out of the photograph thanks to the almost three-dimensional effect he manages to give his pictures.

Other images amaze with their composition, abstract forms of light and colour of enthralling fascination. Silhouettes that look as if drawn by a skilful hand but are instead the product of masterful use of light, which Rizzo dominates in an unusual way for a fashion photographer, designing enigmatic forms.

Bizarre compositions with perfect equilibrium respond to a way of 'inventing' fashion that goes beyond the demands of figuration.

Rizzo can transform any object at all (from a precious watch to a bar of soap or a perfume bottle) into a fantastic vision, doing away with cognition of the object itself to lose itself in an imaginative vision of great power.

Skilled in classic black and white photography, in colour Alberto Rizzo releases a creativity that rebels against the conventional formulas.

His work reconciles the opposites of photography so that we can no longer identify the boundaries between fashion photography and art photography.

His personal work, 'Shadows', is also emblematic of the rare virtue of grasping the

essential alone. A look out the window of his New York loft takes the form of quick snapshots of passers-by and the urban environment, stimuli for releasing the rigour of form and a new tool for the observer to use in getting to know reality.

-CARLA SOZZANI , GALLERIA CARLA SOZZANI