Margherita Spiluttini

Margherita Spiluttini (16 October 1947 – 2 March 2023) was an Austrian photographer specializing in architecture. Spiluttini's photo archive is one of the most important collections of photographs of architecture in Austria from 1980 to 2005.

Biography Born in Schwarzach im Pongau, Spiluttini was trained as a medical assistant in Innsbruck where she also gained a background in medical imaging. She then moved to Vienna where she married Adolf Krischanitz, who documented new forms of architecture in installations. After the birth of her daughter Ina, she turned to freelance photography, completing reportages on topics such as the youth scene for Stimme der Frau and pop concerts for the Wiener magazine. In 2016 she was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Photography.

In addition to photographic contributions to Die Presse, she was invited by Franz Endler to contribute all the photographs published in the city's Vienna Architecture Guide. As a result, she received numerous commissions not just from Austria but increasingly from Switzerland.

Spiluttini died on 2 March 2023, at the age of 75.