Vintage Press Photo Tennis, Althea Gibson, 1958, print 7 7/8x5 7/8inThe description of this item has been automatically translated. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Original vintage photograph by Farabola
Vintage print
Dimension 22 x 15cm (8.5 x 6 inches)
TechniqueGelatin Silver Print
Signature print agency
Please remember this is a vintage photograph and may not be in perfect condition. It may have some imperfections due to use and the passage of time. Take a good look at the images to make sure of the state of the photograph.- Who we are
- Who we are
- What we sell
- How we we are
Tullio Farabola was one of the first Italian photojournalists. Son of an artist (his father specialized in photo-portraits), he was born in Milan on 8 October 1920 and, after the officers' school, he enlisted in the army. In 1942 he was transferred to the Istituto Luce in Rome and here he met Adolfo Porry Pastorel, who became a teacher for him, as well as a role model. Back in Milan at the end of the war, he founded his own agency. In the early post-war years he told of the difficulties of the city exhausted by bombing and hunger, poverty, the black market, the attack on Togliatti and then the return to life of the citizens, the first open-air dances, the people who bathroom in Navigli. In short, the agency became one of the best known in the country and collaborated with the main dailies and weeklies.
Farabola he soon favored the agency's activity over that of photojournalist, and concentrated on photographs in the studio, creating black & white portraits of personalities from the world of culture and entertainment and photos for the covers of the most popular weeklies of the vintage and vinyl records. In the 50s and 60s, for a character from the world of entertainment, art or sport, passing by Farabola for a photo shoot was a confirmation of success.
At the same time Farabola dedicated himself to giving shape to the Historical Archive. Initially due to the need to order the photos that remained in the agency because they were unsold. Then, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of World War II , in 1960, the print began to be interested in images of fascism and war. Farabola he thus integrated the archive with acquisitions of material from other archives.
Tullio Farabola died in Milan on 11 December 1983. The agency he founded has continued and continues to operate, and its activity today is aimed at the recovery, conservation and digitization of the great heritage of negatives, slides and prints that it has kept since then.
- What we sell
What we sellThese photographs come from the agency that Tullio Farabola founded in Milan at the end of World War II . Before the advent of digital, agents went around the editorial offices every day with these prints, leaving them for journalists to view for publication in the following days. And the Farabola agency was then one of the most important.
Today part of these prints is intended to supplement the archive of negatives and slides. But many of these photographs no longer have any use for archival purposes, either because we possess the intact negative, or because they have already been digitized, or because they come from other archives with which the agency used to exchange images. Each vintage photograph is a unique copy, negative prints made between the 50s and 2000s. They all come from Farabola archive. On the back of the photographs there are always the stamps of the agency, sometimes captions, or the stamp of the photographer.
Each vintage photograph tells a small piece of the Italian twentieth century and beyond. They have been stored for years, ended up in newspapers, magazines and books, sometimes displayed in exhibitions and museums, they debuted as topical photographs and today they are memorabilia loved by collectors but also by history buffs.
- How we ship
How we shipOur photographs travel safely: each print is inserted in a transparent and waterproof photographic gelatin, then wrapped inside a thick cardboard folder, and finally packed in a cardboard box with a book closure.
Our shipments are always traceable and the buyer is always provided with a code to monitor the tracking.
It is also possible to come and pick up the items at our office by making an style="line-height: 1.2;">Returns are accepted within 30 days of purchase.
- FAQs
FAQsQ: Are these reprints, photographs printed from a digital file?
A: Nope. The photographs we sell are the original prints produced between the 1950s and 2000 with the techniques in use at the time (analogue) by our print agency, the Farabola agency, which today has turned into a large historical archive. On the back of the prints you will always find the agency stamp.
Q: Where do the vintage photographs you sell come from?
A: They come from the archive of the Farabola agency, which was in business from the post-war period until around 2010. The agency has since stopped shooting current affairs, and has concentrated on the recovery, conservation and digitization of negatives and prints.
Q: What is the story behind these photographs?
A: From about 1900 to 1995, the archives of newspapers, agencies and magazines were in paper Size , that is, they were made up of photographic prints. The agencies also printed a certain number of copies of the shots taken during the day, then entrusted them to the sales agents who toured the editorial offices leaving the prints for viewing. If the photographs were purchased, the prints went directly to the print shop to be formatted, then the prints were returned to the agency.
Q: How is the photograph packed so it doesn't get damaged in transit?
A: The photograph is inserted in a gelatin photograph, enclosed in a thick cardboard folder, and packaged in a flat box with booklet closure which guarantees double protection.
Q. Can I publish the photograph or include it in an article on the web?
A: Nope. By buying a vintage photograph, you do not acquire reproduction rights or commercial rights. The print is sold for collection purposes only.
Q: When is the order shipped after?
A: The order is shipped after one working day, except for Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
A: Yes, the system calculates it automatically before payment.
Q: Are there discounts for buying multiple photos?
A: Yes, the system automatically calculates a 10% discount on the purchase of two photos, 15% on the purchase of three photos, 20% on the purchase of 4 or more photos.
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