A Good Friday
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Photographer
Andrea Scirè
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Date of Photograph
03 April 2015
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Socials
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Website
a Good Friday.
Sicily, Palagonia, 3 April 2015
There are places in Sicily, where time seems to stand still, there are places in Sicily where tradition meets the faith and folklore and together move the soul of people.
In Palagonia, a small sicilian village, this happens on Good Friday.
In the silence of a unusual morning, people follows the "Christ at the column" led by men of some religious congregations.
The white clothes of devotees shine the light of the sun and they contrast with the black of the people's mourning clothes. The procession moves slowly, the sound of funeral marches echoes in the air spacing out the litany of some men… men who handed down from generation ancient votive songs.
You can meet Smiles, suspicious looks, ecstasy and innocence and if you look on the ground, you can see bare feet of women who for devotion sacrifice their body in exchange for hope.
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Biography
Andrea Scirè is an Italian street photographer based in Treviso. Sicilian by origin, he founded fotostreet.it, recognised among the 45 most recommended street photography blogs worldwide. His work has been internationally awarded at PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris (Gold 2017), IPA New York (Second Prize 2017), and TIFA Tokyo (Silver 2019), among others. He approaches street photography not as a genre but as a way of seeing and inhabiting the world — a practice that crosses documentary, portraiture, and human observation. His series have been exhibited internationally.
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Awards
PX3 — Prix de la Photographie Paris
PX3 2023: Honorable Mention — Ambelia, The Humanity Behind (Special/Street Photography)
PX3 2022: Bronze — 36 Hours (Press/Feature Story)
PX3 2020: Bronze — Trust Me (Advertising/Self-Promotion)
PX3 2020: Bronze — 10 Days After There Was Only Silence (Special/Street Photography)
PX3 2020: Honorable Mention — Alter Ego (Special/Street Photography)
PX3 2018: Honorable Mention — 108 Years Later (Press/General News)
PX3 2017: Gold — White Souls (Press/General News)
PX3 2015: Honorable Mention — Behind the Scenes (Press/Feature Story)
PX3 2014: Honorable Mention — Passion (Press/General News)
TIFA — Tokyo International Foto Awards
TIFA 2019: Silver — Trust Me (Advertising/Self-Promotion)
TIFA 2019: Silver — A Matter of Faith (People/Culture)
IPA — International Photography Awards
IPA 2022: Honorable Mention — 36 Hours
IPA 2020: Honorable Mention — Trust Me
IPA 2019: Honorable Mention — The Giraffe's Joy / Palio di Siena
IPA 2017: Second Prize — White Souls (Traditions and Cultures)
IPA 2016: Honorable Mention — A Matter of Faith
IPA 2015: Honorable Mention — Italian Summer
IPA 2015: Honorable Mention — A Good Friday
IPA 2015: Honorable Mention — Behind the Scenes
IPA 2015: Honorable Mention One Shot — Home
Other
FIIPA 2016: Honorable Mention (Street Photography)
WSP 2016: Special Mention — A Few Years Later
WSP 2015: Special Mention — About Life
