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Roberto Donetta (1865-1932) from Ticino is one of Swiss photography’s great outsiders. He managed to make a living as a travelling photographer and seed salesman, and upon his death left almost 5,000 glass plates which were preserved merely by chance. These capture the archaic life of his compatriots in the Valle di Blenio, which at the time was totally isolated, and the gradual advent of modernism in a precise and sensitive way. © Roberto Donetta Over a period of 30 years and in an era of great change, Donetta became a unique chronicler who at the same time saw himself as an artist who – self-taught – experi&...
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Roberto Donetta (1865-1932) from Ticino is one of Swiss photography’s great outsiders. He managed to make a living as a travelling photographer and seed salesman, and upon his death left almost 5,000 glass plates which were preserved merely by chance. These capture the archaic life of his compatriots in the Valle di Blenio, which at the time was totally isolated, and the gradual advent of modernism in a precise and sensitive way.
© Roberto Donetta
Over a period of 30 years and in an era of great change, Donetta became a unique chronicler who at the same time saw himself as an artist who – self-taught – experi&...