The Show Must Go Home
He was the father of Italian television. He was a son of Sicily.
Pippo Baudo chose to be buried not in Rome, but in Militello in Val di Catania — the Sicilian village where he was born.
Same day, same hour, same square: two funerals. The first: TV crews, giant screens, national broadcasts, advertising trucks bearing his image. The second: silent queues under the sun, hands cooling at a fountain, one last message in the shade, the touch of a coffin passing by.
In Sicily, respect is not a formality. It is an act of love. The show is over, but he lives forever in the hearts of his people.
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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
