Carlo Ponti (1823–1893) was a Swiss-born optician and photographer from Venice. Carlo Ponti was born in Ticino. He was optician to King Victor Emanuel II of Italy and inventor of megalethoscope, a viewing device for photographs and its larger version the alethoscope. Read more...

Author:

Carlo Naya

Also known as:

C. Naya

Born:

25th Aug, 1816

Dead:

30th May, 1882

Country:

Royaume d'Italie

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Carlo Naya (1816 in Tronzano Vercellese – 1882 in Venice) was an Italian photographer known for his pictures of Venice including its works of art and views of the city for a collaborative volume in 1866. He also documented the restoration of Giotto's frescoes at the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. Naya was born in Tronzano di Vercelli in 1816 and studied law at the University of Pisa. An inheritance allowed him to travel to major cities in Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. He was advertising his… Read more...