Orfeo Tamburi

He was awarded in 1928 a stipend to study in Rome, at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, where he met Ennio Flaiano and Vincenzo Cardarelli.

In 1941 he designed figures and scenography for the La sacra rappresentazione di Abrham e Isaac by Feo Belcari.

In 1951, he participated as an actor in the segment of L’invidia of a picture titled The Seven Deadly Sins by Roberto Rossellini.

In the 1960s, he travelled to the United States, and gained a commission to photograph some American cities for the journal Fortune.

In 1971, he was awarded a gold medal for Merite for the Culture by the Italian president, and in 1975, a Premio Internazionale “Città Eterna” in Roma.