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 joined the army. In 1942 he was transferred to the Luce Institute in Rome and here he met Adolfo Porry Pastorel, who became a teacher for him, as well as a model of life. Returning to Milan at the end of the war, he founded his agency. In the first post-war years he talked about the difficulties of the city exhausted by bombings 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 do swimming at the Navigli. In short, the agency became one of the best known in the country and collaborated with the main newspapers and weeklies. 

Farabola he soon favored the agency's activity over that of a photojournalist, and concentrated on photography in the studio, creating black & white portraits of personalities from the world of culture and entertainment and photos intended for the covers of the most popular popular weeklies of the era and vinyl records. In the '50s and '60s, for a personality from the world of entertainment, art or sport to pass 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 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 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 since then. 

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 went around the editorial offices every day with these prints, leaving them for journalists to view so they could be published in the following days. And the Farabola agency was one of the most important at the time. 

Each vintage photograph is a unique copy, negative prints made between the 1950s and the 2000s. They all come from the Farabola archive. On the back of the photographs you will always find the agency's stamps, sometimes captions, or the photographer's stamp. 

Each vintage photograph tells a small piece of the Italian twentieth century and beyond. They have been preserved for years, have ended up in newspapers, magazines and books, sometimes exhibited in exhibitions and museums, they debuted as current photographs and today they are memorabilia loved by collectors but also by history buffs. 

Our photographs travel safely: each print is inserted into a transparent and waterproof photographic gelatine, then wrapped in a thick cardboard folder, and finally packaged in a cardboard box with a book closure. 

Our shipments are always traceable and the buyer is always provided with a tracking code.

It is also possible to come and collect the items at our office by making an 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 2000 with the techniques in use at the time (analogue) by our print agency, the Farabola agency, which today has been transformed 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 active from the post-war period until around 2010. Since then the agency has stopped shooting current events, and the activity has concentrated on the recovery, conservation and digitization of negatives and prints.

Q: What is the story of these photographs?

A: From around 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 that day, then entrusted them to sales agents who went around the editorial offices leaving the prints for viewing. If the photographs were purchased, the prints went directly to the printer for layout, and then the prints were returned to the agency. 

Q: How is the photograph packaged so that it does not get damaged during the journey?

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

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

A: No. By purchasing a vintage photograph you do not purchase reproduction rights or commercial rights. The print is sold for collection purposes only. 

Q: After when will the order be shipped?

A: The order is shipped after one working 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.