A skilled, self taught draftsman, he remained an amateur and semi professional image maker for years while pursuing other interests and careers, as a filmmaker and scholar (he almost completed a Ph.D. in Film Studies) installation artist, and more recently as an advisor in International Studies.
Rino Pizzi’s photography is eclectic in nature, his work ranging from environmental portraits to abstract work, both in color and black and white. He now works exclusively with digital technology, but with a nostalgic eye for the textures and richness of film. He devotes much time to post production with Photoshop CS3, converting most images to monochrome, and correcting tones to reproduce as closely as possible the qualities of a large format B&W film print.
Rino Pizzi has travelled and photographed quite extensively in India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Mexico and in many locations in the United States.
His images have been published in performing arts programs, newspapers, magazines and on websites in the US, France, Finland, Germany and Belgium. His fine art prints are in the collections of Deborah Hay, William Nemir, Danièle Massie and Debra Alexander Nesbitt, Emily Little, Leslie French and Cesira Vita. His work was recently commissioned by Mark Holzback and Dana Friis-Hansen, by the Deborah Hay Dance Company, by performing artist Beverly Bajema, realtor Carrie Bills, The Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, and business consultant Anna Carroll.
Rino Pizzi is an Italian national, permanent resident of the US. He lives and works in Austin, Texas, where he has resided since 1985.
