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Anna Fici is a professor of Sociology of cultural and communicative processes at the University of the Studies of Palermo (Culture and Society Department). She teaches Sociology of cultural and social change, Theory and techniques of new media, Laboratory of photojournalism, photography and culture laboratory, within the degree courses in Science of Communication. At the same time, she cultivates her photography practice. In her work, she tries to put her passions together: theater (for many years she was assistant director to Michele Perriera) and movement - the latter, as a former dancer, she has always loved. These experiences led her to work as a photographer of scene, in the context of contemporary dance performances (Silvia Giuffrè, Giuseppe Muscarello and others of the city panorama), in the context of the cinematographic works of Giuseppe Gigliorosso (scene and backstage photographer of the film "Ore diciotto in punto" and of all its shorts medium films), in the context of theatrical works such as, for example, the most recent works by Gigi Borruso and Danisinni's theatrical workshop (photographer for "Antigone casa per casa", for the medium-length film "Rosalia a Danisinni" and the theatrical works "L'eccezione e la regola" and "Antigone. Le Voci" by DanisinniLab). She was vice president of the Eikòna Film social promotion association and photography teacher at the independent Piano School of Cinema. However, it is the reportage with a social background that excites her most. In 2002, she won the International Photography of Solighetto (TV) with the work "Facce di Ballarò". She has exhibited her work in the context of numerous photography events: Toscana Foto Festival, Carbonia Fotografia, at the La Gondola photographic club in Venice, inside the subsequent editions of the International of Solighetto and on other similar occasions. More recently, she exhibited at the Marenostrum Photography Festival in Mazara del Vallo (26 September - 17 October 2021), the work "Porticello. Una comunità". Her works on Polaroid, made with the technique of hand engraving on the emulsion in the phase of development, have been exhibited in numerous national contexts such as, eg. Giovenzana (Milan). In Palermo, the most recent exhibition of the aforementioned Polaroids dates back to 2015 at the XXS Gallery. Among her scientific publications, some have addressed the theme of the insertion of the practice and photographic use in the social context.