Ferdinando Scianna, Sicilia, Porticello, 1988. 'Ferdinando Scianna copyright Magnum Photos' in lower right corner. Photolithography on 10" x 7.5" glossy photo paper. Fine condition. Printed Lated, 2000's. In Porticello, Sicily, 1988, Ferdinando Scianna captures a moment suspended between chance and poetry: a group of boys playing on the beach while two leap simultaneously toward an unseen ball. Bathed in the dry Mediterranean light, the scene becomes a spontaneous choreography of energy, rhythm, and freedom. A Magnum Photos member since 1982 and spiritual heir to Henri Cartier-Bresson, Scianna transforms his native Sicily into a universal metaphor. His photography blends documentary precision with literary depth—each frame feels like a passage from a story by Leonardo Sciascia or a neorealist film. Here, the “decisive moment” merges with collective memory: the timeless play of youth against the infinite horizon of the South. Ferdinando Scianna stands alongside Josef Koudelka, Sebastião Salgado, Elliott Erwitt, Marc Riboud, Robert Capa, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, all of them visual poets of humanity. An essential work for collectors of humanist and Mediterranean photography: where the fleeting becomes eternal under the gaze of a true master.