In 1914 Achille Villani began his work as a photographer and in 1921 the "Ditta Villani & Son" was established, the result of the collaboration between Achille and his son Vittorio, then sixteen. With the death of his father in 1946, his son Vittorio will carry on the company, with the collaboration of his brothers Aldo and Corrado, who essentially took care of the administrative management of the company.