Fissore’s Plow from Tortona, Plow from Parma, 1861, Albumen silver print from collodion negative, Image: 4 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (11.3 × 27.4 cm), Photographs, Pietro Semplicini (Italian, active 1850s–90s), Trained as a chemist, Semplicini became an ardent promoter of photography and founded Italy’s first professional organization for photographers (the Società Fotografica Toscana) in 1853. His expertise earned him a prestigious commission to document the 1861 Esposizione Italiana, which celebrated the newly declared Kingdom of Italy by presenting the best the country had to offer, from inventions to fine art
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