Vittorio Alinari (1859 – 1932) was an Italian

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs. Duties and types of photograp ...

. His father,

Leopoldo Alinari Leopoldo is a given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of the English, German, Dutch, Polish, and Slovene name, Leopold. Notable people with the name include: *Leopoldo de' Medici (1617–1675), Italian cardinal and Governor of ...

, founded a photographic company in 1854 and his brothers Giuseppe and Romualdo, soon became partners in the firm, which was known for its specialty of documenting masterpieces of art. In 1892 Vittorio took over the firm and shifted the emphasis to Italian documentary photography. His work is known for careful composition, frequent use of frontal perspective, and the large plate (approximately 21 cm x 27 cm) format he used until the 1920s. In 1900 he published an illustrated edition of Dante's ''Divina Commedia'', recruiting prominent contemporary artists for the illustrations.Dante's ''Divina Commedia''
Vittorio Alinari publisher, 1903.

Bibliography

* Jeffrey, Ian ''et al.'' (1997). ''The Photography Book''. London:Phaidon Press Limited.

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* Italian male photographers Italian publishers (people) 1859 births 1932 deaths {{Italy-artist-stub