Ferdinando Scianna (4 July 1943) is an Italian photographer. [1] [2] Scianna won the Prix Nadar in 1966 and became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1989. [3] He has produced numerous books.
Scianna took up photography while studying literature, philosophy and art history at the University of Palermo in the 1960s. [3] He moved to Milan in 1966 and started working as a photographer for L'Europeo in 1967, becoming a journalist there in 1973. [3] Scianna wrote on politics for Le Monde diplomatique and on literature and photography for La Quinzaine Littéraire . [3] He first joined Magnum Photos in 1982, becoming a full member in 1989. [3]
He took up fashion photography in the late 1980s. [3] 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. [4] [5] [6] 345tr
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