Luigi Fiorillo

[1] 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.

[1] Starting from the 1980s he was given the title of "photographe de Son Altesse le Prince Mohammed Toussoun Pasha", "photographer to His Highness, Prince Mohammed Toussoun Pasha", son of Sa'id, the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan.

[1] In 1881 he made a report on the revolt of the Egyptian army led by Ahmed ʻUrabi, while the following year he photographed the effects of the British naval Bombardment of Alexandria, which took place on 11 July during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882.

[1] Between 1887 and 1888 he joined an expedition organised by lieutenant-general it:Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano, town commander of Massaua, to regain Italian positions lost to Ethiopia in Eritrea following the 1887 Battle of Dogali.

[3][4] In the winter of 2014, an exhibition dedicated to Luigi Fiorillo was housed by the Palazzo Rosso museum in Genoa.