Texts from biography/essay Between two worlds. Story of Philip Rolla by Maria Grazia Rabiolo.
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ROLLA FOUNDATION, BRUZELLA
The passion for photography grows year by year and so does the archive of the collection. Philip Rolla is interested in the image that portrays the object as it is, without forcing it, but with a special view point capable of returning a deep emotional response to it. This is the lesson he learned from reading John Szarkowski’s The Photographer’s Eye, and it applies to all the subjects he loves: architecture, factories, objects, plants.
Since 2010, this legacy has been made available to those interested. Rosella and Philip Rolla reached an agreement with the Municipality of Bruzella (now Breggia) for the use of the former kindergarten. Here they systematically offer thematic exhibitions. By a single author, collective or in the form of a dialogue between two, each exhibition is accompanied by a small and valuable catalog
ue. The first appointment was with the Czech photographer Josef Sudek. The title of the exhibition: Cacciatore di magia. Volume cover in yellow. Introductory text signed by the Ticino poet Alberto Nessi.