Italo Zannier was an Italian photographer and historian of photography, the first person in Italy to hold a university chair in the history of photography. He taught at the IUAV and Ca’ Foscari universities in Venice and at the DAMS in Bologna, wrote dozens of books on the medium and curated photography exhibitions for the Venice Biennale. He died on 27 October 2026, aged 94.

Born in Spilimbergo, Friuli, on 9 June 1932, he began photographing in 1952 and in 1955 co-founded the Gruppo Friulano per una Nuova Fotografia.