VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

An unparalleled exhibition of old products of photography. Photographic plates, sheet films, old Thornton Pickard shutters, view cameras with their brass lenses, handicraft displays for photo editing, crayons for photo hand-coloring, products for toning from the 20’s and from the nineteenth century, vintage photography books, and much more. All this brings us back into an atmosphere which makes us understand the general sense about the amateur photography as it was intended in the twentieth century. It is a unique exhibition because it comes from a meticulous collection by Fotografia Sacco, which was created by Solismo Sacco and later carried on by his brother Benito who was the author of important pictures on postcards from all over Italy, in a period ranging from late 40s to late 70s. Benito Sacco worked at Alterocca Polygraphic Factory in Terni for many years; it was the first Italian factory that created postcards on an industrial scale in Italy, thanks to the obstinacy of its owner Virgilio Alterocca. Despite the peculiarity of the majority of the objects shown in the exhibition due to their uniqueness, Carlo Sacco decided to show two interesting and outstanding rarities: original postcards from the Alterocca Polygraphic Factory in Terni about the devastating seaquake in Messina in 1908 alongside some original articles, as well as a signed letter from the famous French photographer Nadar from ‘800. Moreover, many war photographs will be presented. A sequence of territory-related pictures from the Sacco Archive that complete the exhibition, bringing us back in time, and show reportage photographs taken by Carlo Sacco and which are part of his “The Face of Asia” Archive. Only Europe’s largest Photography Museums own such a variety of objects and documents comparable to that of the Association “The Face of Asia”. It is a very large amount of valuable objects concerning the world of photography and its evolution, as well as a journey back in time that allows those who, due to their younger age, have not experienced those periods and who are mainly familiar with today’s digital photography. History of the past.

A 5x5 inches mahogany and brass field Gandolfi cameraKorn Paris Camera LensThornton Pickard Shutter caseCampagnola 18x24 wooden cameraVarious brands of French Plates. 1930 caVarious items used by Fotografia Sacco.1930 ca.Objects used by Fotografia Sacco and Photo Studio Saigon stereo glass plates with hot climate emulsionGelatin silver bromide box plates for hot countries Art and Publicity Bourne Shepherd. Bombay.India. 1890 caTropical stereo reflex. Microscopic chamber Dubroni camera 6x5 cmOld brass lenses for wooden camerasSmall brass lenses and Thornton Pickard box shutterSeveral glass plates boxesSome french glass plates boxes Stereo glass plates for hot climateChikanobu japanese camera printGlass bottles for photographic chemical development products and treatment of glass plates.
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