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| Luigi Montabone (1828–1877) | ||||||||||
| Montabone opened a photographic studio in Turin in 1860 called 'Fotografia Reale,' quickly gaining acclaim for portraits that appealed to both the aristocracy and the city’s middle class. In 1862 he joined a diplomatic mission from the newly formed Kingdom of Italy to Persia with his assistant Alberto Pietrobon, producing a detailed photographic album, L'album persiano di Luigi Montabone, documenting Persia’s topography and visual culture, which he presented to the Persian court. He later explored early colour photography, and in 1867 his studio was recognised at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. Expanding his work to Rome, Florence, and Milan, Montabone remained active until his death, receiving a knighthood in 1872 for his contributions to photography. His Turin studio continued to operate until 1912. | ||||||||||
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