page_title: Vincenzo Galdi
section_title: Naples
hierarchical_section_title: Vincenzo Galdi / Biography / Naples
caption_attribution_description: English: Poster of the show "I Cammorristi nel Carcere della Vicaria", in which Galdi played the role of Aniello, performed on stage in 1890 at the Theater Folly of Naples. Italiano: Locandina dello spettacolo I Cammorristi nel Carcere della Vicaria, in cui Galdi interpreta il ruolo di Aniello, andato in scena nel 1890 al Teatro Follie di Napoli.
context_page_description: Vincenzo Galdi was an Italian model and photographer. Galdi is regarded as a pioneer in Italian erotic photography. He is known to be first in breaking the taboo of not depicting an erect penis.
context_section_description: Vincenzo Galdi enrolled in the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples. During his studies he was especially impressed with optics and photographic technique, even building a wooden camera with a telescopic lens by himself. As a student he worked at the studio of Giorgio Sommer at his photographic studio on Via Monte di Dio.
  He started to study with German photographer Guglielmo Plüschow, who had a studio in Naples in 1886 or 1887. As he was strikingly good-looking, Galdi also modeled for Plüschow at that time. Starting from 1887, and until 1890, the young Galdi also worked in theater as a set designer, instrumentalist and actor with the Eduardo Scarpetta's company and then with Alberto Cozzella and Vincenzo Esposito. But the economic default of the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the decline of Naples art scene led Galdi to leave his homeland and move to Rome with Guglielmo Plüschow.
caption: Poster of the show "I Cammorristi nel Carcere della Vicaria",in which Galdi played the role of Aniello, performed on stage in 1890 at the Theater Folly of Naples.
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