Carlo Naya

(b Tronzano Vercellese, nr Vercelli, 2 Aug 1816; d Venice, 30 May 1882). Italian photographer. His interest in photography began after he completed his degree in law at the University of Pisa (1840). In 1857 he settled in Venice and opened a laboratory and studio in the Piazza San Marco. He concentrated on architectural views and on reproductions of works of art. At first he relied commercially on the photographic market that Carlo Ponti had created in Venice. He first received international recognition at the Troisi?me Exposition de la Soci?t? Fran?aise de Photographie, in Paris in 1859, where he exhibited a series of photographs, for which he used the dry collodion process. In 1862 he won a medal at the Great Exhibition of London.

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Naya, Carlo (1816-82), Italian photographer who catered to the early tourist trade. Originally a lawyer, in 1857 Naya settled in Venice and opened a photographic studio. He supplied photographs to Carlo Ponti, and together they published albums of views, although they apparently quarrelled in 1868. In Venice Naya photographed genre scenes and works of art as well as architectural views; he also travelled to Egypt and other sites to photograph ancient monuments. Comprising over 8, 000 negatives, his work continued to be printed well into the 20th century.

— Molly Rogers

Bibliography

• Dewitz, B. v., et al., Italien sehen und sterben: Photographien der Zeit des Risorgimento (1994)