Robert Rive was a 19th-century photographer who was born in Great Britain but developed most of his work in Italy.

Robert Rive worked as a topographical and portrait photographer from the beginning of the 1860s until 1889 in Naples.

His studio produced views and stereographs of many Italian cities.

He also took photographs of cities such as Florence, Pisa, Siena, Rome and Genoa.

[2] "Giorgio Sommer and Robert Rive began a systematic census of the monuments and daily life, in an amazing collection that provided information on Campania and Sicily" [3] He also patented a photosensitive paper used in Southern Italy.