Tullio Farabola was one of the first Italian photojournalists. Son of art (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 model of life. Back in Milan at the end of the war, he founded his agency. In the first years of the post-war period, he recounted the difficulties of the city exhausted by bombings and hunger, poverty, the black market, the attack in Togliatti and then the return to life of the citizens, the first outdoor dances, the people doing the bathroom in the Navigli. In short, the agency became one of the best known in the country and collaborated with the main newspapers and weeklies. 

Farabola soon he privileged the agency's activity to 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 weekly magazines of the epoch and vinyl records. In the 1950s and 1960s, for a character from the world of entertainment, art or sport, going to 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 start of World War II , in 1960, the print began to take an interest 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 preserved ever since. 

These photographs come from the agency that Tullio Farabola founded in Milan at the end of World War II . Before the advent of digital, agents wandered around the newsrooms with these prints every day, leaving them for reporters to view for publication in the following days. And the Farabola agency was then one of the most important. 

Each vintage photograph is a unique copy, negative prints made between the 1950s 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 preserved for years, ended up in newspapers, magazines and books, sometimes exhibited in exhibitions and museums, debuted as topical photographs and today are memorabilia loved by collectors but also by history buffs. 

Our photographs travel safe: each print is placed 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 collect the items at our office by appointment.

Returns are accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Q: Are these reprints, photographs printed from a digital file?

A: No. The photographs we sell are the original prints produced between the 1950s and 2000s with the techniques used then (analog) 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 stamp of the agency. 

Q: Where do the vintage photographs you sell come from?

A: They come from the archive of the Farabola agency, which has been in business since the post-war period until about 2010. Since then the agency has stopped shooting current events, and the activity has focused on the recovery, conservation and digitization of negatives and prints.

Q: What is the story of these photographs?

A: From about 1900 to 1995, the archives of newspapers, agencies and magazines were in paper Size , that is, they were composed 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 newsrooms leaving the prints on view. If the photographs were purchased, the prints ended up directly in the printing house to be paginated, then the prints were returned to the agency. 

Q: How is the photograph packed so that it does not get damaged on the journey?

A: The photograph is inserted in a photographic gelatin, closed in a thick cardboard folder, and packed in a flat box with booklet closure that guarantees double protection.

Q. Can I publish the photograph or insert it in an article on the web?

A: No. Buying a vintage photograph does not acquire the reproduction rights or commercial rights. The print is sold for collection purposes only. 

Q: After when is the order shipped?

A: The order is shipped after one business day, except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. 

A: Yes, the system calculates it automatically before payment.

Q: Are there any discounts for purchasing multiple photos?

A: Yes, the system automatically calculates 10% discount on the purchase of two photos, 15% on the purchase of three photos, 20% on the purchase of 4 or more photos.