Designer · Italy, France · 1928–2013
Willy Rizzo
Willy Rizzo (1928–2013) – Neapolitan-born press photographer working in Paris, author of “Paris Match”’s first colour cover, also a furniture designer.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1928–2013
- Country
- Italy, France
Willy Rizzo was born on 22 October 1928 in Naples and died on 25 February 2013 in Paris; he was buried in Père-Lachaise Cemetery. From the 1940s, he worked in Paris as a photographer. From 1949, he published in “Paris Match” – he was the author of the weekly magazine’s first colour cover, featuring Winston Churchill. In 1959, he was the artistic director of “Marie Claire”.
In the second half of the 1960s, he also took up furniture design, developing this activity alongside his photography.
