In Brescia a retrospective exhibition dedicated to photographer Federico Garolla

From March 16 to May 12, 2024, as part of Testimoni, 7th edition of the Brescia Photo Festival, Mo.Ca. - Centro per le Nuove Culture di Brescia hosts a retrospective dedicated to Federico Garolla (1925-2012), documenting a style that, between the 1950s and 1960s, illuminated the path of many other photographers.

The exhibition, curated by Margherita Magnino and Carolina Zani, presents a series of photographs, including a dozen previously unpublished ones, in which great theater actors, rising stars of television, models, artists but also ordinary people take part, as actors on stage, of the set of a film studio.

Garolla was among the first to bring clothes from the most prestigious ateliers to the streets early in the morning, to urban suburbs still free from car traffic, to the steps of a deserted Rome, and even to unexpected settings. His idea of glamour is based on the comparison of dissonant images, aesthetic antitheses and unequivocal class divisions. Nothing is left to chance, but everything appears casual, sophisticatedly casual and perfectly orchestrated. Garolla’s work is in a dimension, in line with Cartier-Bresson and Avedon, in which the subject reflects the “world of an era” and the distinctive style of its author.

For all information, you can call +39 030 2978831, send an email to info@morettocavour.com or visit the official website of Mo.Ca. - Center for New Cultures.

Pictured: Federico Garolla, Fashion, Rome (1958)

In Brescia a retrospective exhibition dedicated to photographer Federico Garolla

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