Another Sicily, tuna-fishing structures and landscape: a diachronic and contemporary photographic journey along the sicilian western coast

The conducted research includes a photographic and not photographic analysis about the Sicilian western coast landscapes starting with an historical study about tonnare, architectural heritage and physical expression of the tradition of the tuna fishing. The first part of the research study the origins of tuna fishing in Sicily, also focusing on the architecture of tonnare. The second part, instead, includes a diachronic photographic reading through the photographic comparison between a reportage taken between 1986 and 1987 by Ernesto Scevoli and the photos taken by the writer in March 2018. The results of the photographic research, which coincides with the last part of the paper, demonstrate that the Sicilian coastal landscape has undergone changes whose meaning is to be investigated in order to recover the coast qualities for the purposes of targeted actions of preservation and enhancement of architectural and landscape heritage.