Arts & Culture

Les Siciliens by Ferdinando Scianna

After spending the first 22 years of his life in Sicily, Ferdinando Scianna became a specialist in the Sicilian way of life and spent many years documenting the culture of the island

Ferdinando Scianna

Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Village of Polizzi Generosa. Sicily, Italy. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Roccapalumba. Sicily, Italy. 1966. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Riesi. Sicily, Italy. 1966. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Little town in the sun. Sicily, Italy. 1976. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Dinner at the Vinedresser home. Sicily, Italy. 1970. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Card players in a club in Castelvetrano. Sicily, Italy. 1968. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Caltagirone. Sicily, Italy. 1964. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Palermo. Sicily, Italy. 1966. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Barman carrying breakfast in Caltanissetta. Sicily, Italy. 1964. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Chiaramonte Gulfi. Sicily, Italy. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Sicily, Italy. 1960. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Immigrant from the south arriving at the Central Station. Milan, Italy. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Children going to church in Isnello. Sicily, Italy. 1962. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Vallelunga. Sicily, Italy. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Popular singer Cicciu Busacca. Sicily, Italy. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna | Les Siciliens Sicily, Italy. 1964. © Ferdinando Scianna | Magnum Photos
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