A selection of 90 black and white photographs and twenty or so vintage photographs on exhibition for the first time, tracing forty years in the photographer’s life.
The focal point of the exhibition is Sicily. Scianna, born in Bagheria in the province of Palermo, has always had strong links with his native land, which inspired his first organic work, Feste religiose in Sicilia (Religious festivals in Sicily), published in 1965 with a preface by Leonardo Sciascia. His encounter with the great intellectual Sciascia marked a true turning point in the existential and professional thinking of the young Ferdinando. And it was thanks to his valuable encouragement and support that the twenty-one-year-old Scianna moved to Milan in 1966 and started working with L’Europeo, marking the start of a long and successful career as a photographer which took him abroad again and again with his camera, his notebook and his rare piercing talent for observation.
A selection of 90 black and white photographs and twenty or so vintage photographs on exhibition for the first time, tracing forty years in the photographer’s life.
The focal point of the exhibition is Sicily. Scianna, born in Bagheria in the province of Palermo, has always had strong links with his native land, which inspired his first organic work, Feste religiose in Sicilia (Religious festivals in Sicily), published in 1965 with a preface by Leonardo Sciascia. His encounter with the great intellectual Sciascia marked a true turning point in the existential and professional thinking of the young Ferdinando. And it was thanks to his valuable encouragement and support that the twenty-one-year-old Scianna moved to Milan in 1966 and started working with L’Europeo, marking the start of a long and successful career as a photographer which took him abroad again and again with his camera, his notebook and his rare piercing talent for observation.