Ferdinando Scianna at Casa dei Tre Oci

• LOCATION: Casa dei Tre Oci - Giudecca island

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From August, 31st to February, 2nd 2020 a great anthology about the photographer Ferdinando Scianna will take place at the Casa dei Tre Oci - Giudecca island. For the first time, we will see a selection of 180 black-and-white pictures by Ferdinando Scianna about "Life, Story and Memory". The exhibition is curated by Denis Curti, Paola Bergna and Alberto Bianda: organized by Civita Mostre and Musei e Civita Tre Venezia, it is supported by Fondazione di Venezia.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Ferdinando Scianna began to love the world of photography in the '60s: he started describing the culture and traditions of his native region, Sicily, through images. His long artistic career unfolds through various themes - current events, war, travel, popular religion - all connected by a single thread: the constant research for a form in the chaos of life. In over 50 years of photos, he faced many different themes: from Bagheria to the Bolivian Andes landscapes, from religious celebrations - the beginning of his career - to the experience in the world of fashion, started with Dolce & Gabbana, and the iconic model Marpessa. After that, he started taking reportages - he was the first photographer to be part of the photojournalistic agency Magnum -, the landscapes, his thematic obsessions such as mirrors, animals, strange staff, and the portraits of his friends, masters of the art and culture world such as Leonardo Sciascia, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jorge Louis Borges. For this occasion, a series of fashion images will be exhibited at the Casa dei Tre Oci: Scianna created it in Venice as a testimony of its strong bond with the city.