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“<i>Sicilian Passage</i> is a timeless view into a landscape and its people. Thomas Roma’s eloquent photographs of Sicily are like beautiful poems about a land that he loves.”<br> —Mary Ellen Mark <p>Sicily: a land of mystery and myth. Inspired by stories told by his mother’s family, famed documentary photographer Thomas Roma left his native Brooklyn for Sicily in search of his roots in 1977. Photographing abroad on a Guggenheim Fellowship, Roma spent months at a time over the next fourteen years traversing the island, challenging himself to connect with a culture and a lifestyle completely foreign to his experience as a New York City street photographer.</p> <p>In <b><i>Sicilian Passage</i></b>, Roma taps into the timeless essence of Europe’s agrarian past. His photographs of the familial homeland are untainted by stereotypical notions of Sicilian culture. Instead of old ladies in black veils gossiping on the stoop, Roma’s images are lyrical odes to the country pastoral. Through his lens, we are transported to another land where nature and the climate have tamed its inhabitants into a slower rhythm: gnarly ancient trees grow haphazardly in the crop fields; marble ruins erupt fro

Author

Thomas Roma; Anna Roma; Sandra Phillips

Publisher

New York: PowerHouse Books

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781576871645

Subjects

Photography, Travel, Arts

Rating

4.1 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14