Andreas Birkigt (born July 1949 in Leipzig) is a German theater photographer and non fiction writer.
After working as a photo salesman and extra at the Oper Leipzig, Birkigt began his career as a stage photographer as photo assistant to Helga Wallmüller.
He photographed more than 200 new productions and created the portrait photos of all artists.
[1] He also photographed all opera balls as well as several concerts and events.
[1] As co-author he contributed the photos for several non-fiction books.