Larissa Quaroni Cegodaeff – wife of the young diplomat Pietro Quaroni – spent almost 5 years in Albania. During these years, in addition to fulfilling her duty as a diplomat's wife, she gave life to her great passion for photography, leaving behind a body of photography of Albania at the time of extraordinary documentary and historical value. four years between 1928 and 1931 in Albania during the diplomatic mission of her husband. In this time, Miss Quaroni Cegodaeff made a big number of photographic reports. Although they were pictures destined to private use, they represent an exceptional historical proof of the Albania of those years; such photos portray the life of the country whit its backwardness and with the first strides towards modernity.
Basciani, A. (2022). L’Albania di Zog nelle fotografie di Larissa Quaroni Cegodaeff (1928-1931). QUALESTORIA, A. L(1, 2022), 105-112 [10.13137/0393-6082/33941].
L’Albania di Zog nelle fotografie di Larissa Quaroni Cegodaeff (1928-1931)
Alberto Basciani
2022-01-01
Abstract
Larissa Quaroni Cegodaeff – wife of the young diplomat Pietro Quaroni – spent almost 5 years in Albania. During these years, in addition to fulfilling her duty as a diplomat's wife, she gave life to her great passion for photography, leaving behind a body of photography of Albania at the time of extraordinary documentary and historical value. four years between 1928 and 1931 in Albania during the diplomatic mission of her husband. In this time, Miss Quaroni Cegodaeff made a big number of photographic reports. Although they were pictures destined to private use, they represent an exceptional historical proof of the Albania of those years; such photos portray the life of the country whit its backwardness and with the first strides towards modernity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
