Luigi Caputo


Luigi Caputo is an Italian photographer, working frequently for the Salzburg Festival.

Biography

Luigi Caputo was born in Rome. He completed his training as a graphic designer and thereafter studied architecture. In 1994, his collaboration with the Salzburg Festival began, a collaboration that continues to this day. In addition the festival, his work focuses on nature photography, architecture and portraits. Luigi Caputo works for international magazines and advertising agencies. He is a member of the German photo agency laif. His portrait of Simon Wiesenthal is on the cover of the English edition of the biography by Tom Segev. His Gesamtkunstwerk book from 2025 won the ICMA Gold Award 2025 for photography books.
He is the two-time winner of Salzburger Landespreis in the photography category. He lives in Austria and Italy.

Books

Salzburg, Ein anderer Blick auf die Stadt, Residenz Verlag 1996, ISBN 978-3-701709-75-5Alles bei Leopoldine, Salzburgs 1. Straßenbuch, : Michaela Gründler, Edition Eizenbergerhof 2004, ISBN 978-3-901243-24-0Universitätsstadt Salzburg, Von der Benediktineruniversität zum Unipark Nonntal, author: Ulrike Aichhorn, Müry Salzmann, ISBN 978-3-99014-039-0Salzburger Festspiele, Hommage to a Gesamtkunstwerk, Baden: Edition Lammerhuber 2023, ISBN 978-3-903101-97-5