Farabola Archives

By Will Carleton December 24, 2017 Will Carleton

Just found this Italian photo agency via a new piece of research the Farabola Archives which has a photo archive dating from 1896.

Here’s the Agency’s stamp from 1962

Why is it important?

At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

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