Luigi Fiorillo

Luigi Fiorillo (1847–1898) was an Italian photographer, active in the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Life and career

Church of the Holy Sepulcher, foot washing ceremony on Maundy Thursday, circa 1880.

Much is yet unknown about Luigi Fiorillo's private life, including his birth date and place. It is documented that he was active in North Africa starting from 1870, worked in Egypt (where he opened a studio in Alexandria), Algeria, Palestine and then in Eritrea.

In 1890 Fiorillo entered into partnership with A. Marques, changing the name of his studio to "Marques & Fiorillo photographers & editors, Assuan". At the defeat of Italy in the Second World War, Rhodes became part of Greece and in 1947 Federico Fiorillo was forced to flee with his children to Bari in Italy.

Legacy In the winter of 2014, an exhibition dedicated to Luigi Fiorillo was housed by the Palazzo Rosso museum in Genoa.