The Harvard library holds several private photographic albums documenting the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911-12, sometimes referred to as the “Italo-Turkish War”. The albums belonged to individuals: Count Pompeo Campello, a professional photographer and army officer, Carlo Caneva, general of the armed forces in Libya, and Angelo Cormanni, soldier working in the telegraph unit.

Pompeo di Campello (1874-1927): “Campagna di Libia (9 ottobre 1911 – 28 maggio 1912)”

Carlo Caneva (1845-1922): “Guerra Italo-Turca 1911-1912 / Ricordi di Bengasi”

Angelo Cormanni: “Guerra di Africa”

Some studies have been written about these albums:

• Dalila Colucci, Images of Propaganda: Emotional Representations of the Italo-Turkish War 2021, “Close Encounters in War and the Emotions.” Eds. Gianluca Cinelli, Patrizia Piredda, and Simona Tobia. Close Encounters in War 4 (2021), 75–122.
• Luca Mazzei, “L’occhio insensibile. Cinema e fotografia durante la prima Campagna di Libia 1911-1913,” in Fotografia e culture visuali del XXI secolo, vol. 2, ed. Enrico Menduini and Lorenzo Marmo (Rome: Roma Tre-Press, 2018).