Ferdinando Scianna
Ferdinando Scianna (4 July 1943) is an Italian photographer. Scianna won the Prix Nadar in 1966 and became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1989. He has produced numerous books.
Also recorded as Fernando Scianna
Ferdinando Scianna
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- Born
- 1943 · Bagheria.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- photographer · journalist
- Fields
- photography · photojournalism · fashion photography · portrait photography
- Education
- University of Palermo
- Languages
- Italian
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Ferdinando Scianna (4 July 1943) is an Italian photographer. Scianna won the Prix Nadar in 1966 and became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1989. He has produced numerous books.
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Ferdinando Scianna studied at University of Palermo. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is photography, photojournalism and fashion photography. Work by Ferdinando Scianna is recorded in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Scianna took up photography while studying literature, philosophy and art history at the University of Palermo in the 1960s. He moved to Milan in 1966 and started working as a photographer for L'Europeo in 1967, becoming a journalist there in 1973. Scianna wrote on politics for Le Monde diplomatique and on literature and photography for La Quinzaine Littéraire. He first joined Magnum Photos in 1982, becoming a full member in 1989. He took up fashion photography in the late 1980s. His first work, in 1987, was to photograph Marpessa Hennink for Dolce & Gabbana's advertising campaign for their Fall/Winter collection, clothing which was inspired by Sicily. 345tr
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1943
Ferdinando Scianna born at Bagheria.
Publications by Scianna
Publications by Scianna
• Feste Religiose in Sicilia. Italy: Leonardo da Vinci Arte, 1965. With an essay by Leonardo Sciascia. • Palermo, Italy: L'Immagine Editrice, 1987. • La villa dei mostri. Einaudi letteratura 55. Torino: G. Einaudi, 1977.. • I Siciliani. Italy: Einaudi, 1977. • Les Siciliens.France: Editions Denoël, 1977. • I Grandi Fotografi: Ferdinando Scianno. Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, 1983. • Il Grande Libro della Sicilia. Italy: Mandadori, 1984. • Ferdinando Scianna: l'Istante e la Forma. Siracusa: Ediprint, 1987.. • Città del Mondo. Italy: Bompiani, 1988. • Kami. Italy: L’Immagine, 1988. • Ore di Spagna. Spain: Pungitopo, 1988. With a text by Leonardo Sciascia. • Rome: Contrasto, 2016.. • Le Forme del Caos. Italy: Art & SRL, 1989. A retrospective. • Leonardo Sciascia. Italy: Franco Sciardelli, 1989. • Men and Trucks. Italy: Iveco, 1990. • Marpessa. Italy: Leonardo Arte, 1993. Photographs of Marpessa Hennink. • French-language edition. Contrejour, 1993.. • Altrove: Reportage Di Moda. Italy: Federico Motta, 1995. • Viaggio a Lourdes. Italy: Mondadori, 1996. About religious rituals. • Dormire Forse Sognare. Tavagnacco, Italy: Artes Gráficas Friulane, 1997. • To Sleep, Perchance to Dream. London, New York City: Phaidon, 1997.. • Jorge Luis Borges. Italy: Franco Sciardelli, 1999. Portraits of Jorge Luis Borges. • Niños del Mundo. Ayuntamiento De La Coruña, Spain, 1999 • Obiettivo Ambiguo. Italy: Rizzoli, 2001. • Mondo Bambino. Italy: L'arte a stampa, 2002. • Quelli di Bagheria. Lugano: Fondazione Galleria Gottardo, 2002.. Text in English, Italian and Spanish. Photographs and writing on his home town of Bagheria in Sicily. • Italy: Peliti Associati, 2003 • Antonino Bencivinni, I Miei Volti Della Sicilia. Armando, 2006.. • Ferdinando Scianna. Actes Sud, 2008.. Contrasto.. • Autoritratto di un Fotografo. Testi E Pretesti, 2011.. Edited by Bruno Mondadori. • Obiettivo Ambiguo. Rome: Contrasto, 2015..
Publications with contributions by Scianna
Publications with contributions by Scianna
• Henri Cartier-Bresson: Ritratti. 1983. Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri. Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. With a text by Scianna, "I Grandi Fotografi," and by André Pieyre de Mandiargues. Italian-language edition. • Henri Cartier-Bresson: Portraits. UK: Collins, 1984. English-language edition. • Spanish-language edition.
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• 1966: Prix Nadar
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- 1.Buonadonna, Sergio. Scianna. La Republica. 4 April 2010.
- 2.La Republica. L' inesauribile curiosità del fotografo creativo. 16 April 2008.
- 3.Magnum Photos. Ferdinando Scianna: Italian, b. 1943.
- 4.Locatelli, Rossella. Marpessa - Vogue Italia Encyclo. Vogue Italia.
- 5.Muñoz Martinez-Mora, Ines. Marpessa Clase Superior. Vogue España. 206–216. May 2013.
- 6.Lucchini, Cristina. Brunch Con Marpessa. Glamour Italia. 129–130. November 2013.
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