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Kel Kodheli (also known as Kel Marubi) (1870–1940) was an Albanian photographer. == Life == Kel Kodheli began his study of photography at the age of 15. During the 1920s, he studied in Lyon at the first school in the photography and cinema founded by the Lumière brothers, and worked as a professional photographer in Shkodra from the late 1920s to 1952. He pioneered working with celluloid instead of glass plate. Kel Kodheli was an assistant to Italian photographer Pietro Marubi. After Pietro's death, Kodheli changed his name to Kel Marubi and became the leader of Marubi's photography studio.〔 He photographed the Albanian political leaders of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, as well as common people and landscapes. Kel was an ardent patriot and was active in the Albanian National Awakening, taking part in the foundation of many associations related to Albanian language, as well as publishing ''Voice of Shkodra'' newspaper in 1908. Kel Marubi became enough well-known abroad, as to be invited to work for the King of Montenegro. In 1970, his entire estate of 150,000 negatives was purchased by the Government of Albania, to be conserved in the national archive.〔〔 Famous published photo albums of Marubi's work, include: ''"Gjurmë të Historisë Kombëtare në Shkodër" - Photograph Library'' ("Traces of National History in Shkodra"), 1982, and ''"By the Lumière"'', published in France. The first Albanian film school was named ''"Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi"'', in honor of Marubi family and its work, as film and photography pioneers in western Balkans. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kel Marubi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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