Alberto Venzago, the Swiss photographer and filmmaker, has lived through numerous significant moments in modern history. Thanks to his camera and restless curiosity he has immortalized all these experiences, narrating what was happening around him. From his great work as a photojournalist, where he has captured the conflict behind the war in Islam, the deforestation of the rainforest, prostitution in Manila, Voodoo cults and criminal organizations such as the Yakuza in Japan, to taking portraits of celebrities from the world of music and culture such as Andy Warhol, Tina Turner, Sting and Mick Jagger.
He has traveled all over the world, living in Australia, Japan and New York before returning to Switzerland where he currently resides. This spring, the Ernst Leitz Museum in Wetzlar (Germany) is holding a retrospective of his work, refiecting a career that has been clearly defined by the alternation between documentary and
