Signed; Ferdinando Scianna - Le Forme del caos - 1989

An exceptionally signed copy on the title page by Ferdinando Scianna (born 1943), unavailable in signed copies. 230 pages and nearly 200 black-and-white photographs, most full-page, in a print of very high quality. Publisher's binding and illustrated dust jacket. In excellent overall condition.

Ferdinando Scianna was born in 1943 in Bagheria near Palermo, Sicily. He began photographing his native Sicily at a very young age and after studying philosophy and art history he immediately published a book “Feste Religiose in Sicilia” where his photographs were accompanied by a text by the famous writer Leonardo Sciascia. This book immediately enjoyed great success and is recognized as an important photographic work; referenced in Photobook by Parr & Badger (volume 3, page 111). In 1967, Ferdinando Scianna moved to Milan and began working for the weekly L’Europeo as a photographer and journalist, and he would become the Paris correspondent for this weekly in the 1970s. During those Paris years, Ferdinando Scianna became friends with Henri Cartier-Bresson and in 1982 he joined Magnum Photos. Chance also turned him into a fashion photographer for Dolce & Gabbana, and the book Marpessa, which arose from this first experience, is today highly sought after. Throughout these years, Ferdiando Scianna traveled the world as a journalist and then as a photographer of international renown, but his photographic work has always remained faithful to Sicily, which he photographed relentlessly. This anthology, published in 1989 when he was only 46, is the perfect illustration of his photographs of Sicily and elsewhere.

Copy in excellent overall condition with a tiny trace of impact in the lower corner of the binding (see photo) but the dust jacket in excellent condition. A book from my personal collection kept with the greatest care. Shipping protected with reinforced packaging and international tracked shipping guaranteed. In case of multiple purchases, possibility of grouped shipping with refund of any excess postage paid via Paypal.

2.3 kg. excluding packaging