Born in 1950 in Zurich. Alberto Venzago works since many years as a renowned photojournalist and filmmaker, i.a. besides regular contributions to the Life Magazine, National Geographic, Stern, Geo, and Time, he published his own photo reports about Nicaragua, Beirut, Borneo and Cambodia, books about the Sandinista Revolution, the life of children-prostitutes on the Philippines and the Japanese Yakuza.

Some of his films are Voodoo – Mounted by the Gods (2003), Invisibles (2007, camera for the contribution of Wim Wenders) and My Brother, the Conductor (2007). Alberto Venzago was honored i.a. with the New York Film Festival Award in Gold 1998, the New York Film Festival Award in Silver 1997 and the Robert Capa ICP Award.