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Italian photographer

Ferdinando Scianna (4 July ) is an Italian photographer.^[1][2] Scianna won the Prix Nadar in and became a full member of Magnum Photos in ^[3] He has produced numerous books.

Career

Scianna took up photography while studying literature, philosophy and art history at the University of Palermo in the s.^[3] He moved to Milan in and started working as a photographer for L'Europeo in , becoming a journalist there in ^[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 , becoming a full member in ^[3]

He took up fashion photography in the late s.^[3] His first work, in , 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&