Giovanni Crupi

| small number of male nudes produced by Crupi, set in archaeological sites in Syracuse, are attributed to the influence of Gloeden.

It was taken over by his brother-in-law, Francesco Galifi (Taormina 1865–1951), who specialised in Sicilian landscapes, not only making his own photographs but also printing out negatives from the Crupi archive, including works by von Gloeden.

These images, often extremely large in format, were sometimes printed using the outdated salted paper technique which had been popular in the period before 1860.

The Galifi-Crupi studio opened its main branch under the clock tower in Piazza S. Agostino, and Giovanni Crupi rejoined the enterprise on his return from Egypt in 1910 (though he no longer took photographs).

Works of Giovanni Crupi are in several public and private collections, including Royal Academy of Arts, Getty Museum[4][5]