Alberto Rizzo (May 2, 1931 – October 9, 2004), was an Italian photographer and painter. He was born in La Spezia, outside of Rome. Rizzo studied painting, design, and graphic arts at the famed Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. Rizzo was also trained as a classical ballet dancer in Italy and France working with great choreographers such as Maurice Bejart. He came to America in 1960 at the invitation of Hermes Pan. He started off his American career in California, working with Fred Astaire among others. By 1961, Rizzo began his career as a photographer, moving to New York City in 1965. Once in New York, he established himself as an avant garde fashion photographer and began his creative relationship with prominent art director, Bea Feitler at Harper's Bazaar. This collaboration with Feitler resulted in Rizzo working extensively with the world's most important fashion publications. His editorial work was published in: Harper's Bazaar, Italian Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Italian Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue, French Vogue, Japanese Vogue, Vanity Fair, Mademoiselle, Glamour, GQ, Linea Italia, Playboy, Donna, Domus, etc. Commercial clients included: Bloomingdale's, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Armani, Chanel, Charles James, Revlon, Clinique, Max Factor, Charles of the Ritz, Helena Rubinstein, Bulgari, Piaget, Seiko, Tiffany, David Webb, etc. Rizzo's pioneering photography received many distinguished awards throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the 1969, 1970, and 1971 Art Directors Club of America Awards as well as the 1972 Coty American Fashion Critics' Award and in 1978 the Andy Award of Excellence. In the late 1980s, Rizzo began experimenting with photoprinting on different surfaces and in 1994 he filed a patent for Photoprinting on Metal and Similar Substrates with the United States Patent Office. His works have been featured in several photography books and publications including: Snoopy Around the World (Le Tour du Monde de Snoopy), Photographs by Alberto Rizzo and commentaries by Charles M. Schulz, published by Harry N Abrams Inc., 1990, New York Fashion, The Evolution of Style, published by Harry N Abrams Inc., 1993, Anthony Mazzola's 125 Great Moments of Harper's Bazaar, a commemorative collection of outstanding photographs, illustrations, and texts that have appeared in Harper's Bazaar, published by Hearst Communications, 1993; Diamonds, published by Harry N Abrams Inc., 1996; Tiffany in Fashion, published by Harry N Abrams Inc., 2003; Italian Eyes: Italian Fashion Photography from 1951 to Today, published by Charta/Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery, 2005; and