Thomas Consani - New-York 1994

New York, 1994 — a street scene in the best Street Photography style, photographed and printed in silver gelatin by Thomas Consani, in excellent condition signed and dated on the back.
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Thomas Consani is a photographer and photographic printer specialized in analog black-and-white photography. Born in 1970, he grew up in an environment deeply tied to photography: his father, Patrick Consani, was in fact a well-known shooter and analog printer. From a young age Thomas developed an interest in the darkroom and in traditional photographic printing techniques.

At only 17 he began working in a photo laboratory after a period of practical training in the darkroom. Over the years he refined his style by collaborating with important French and international photographers, including Dominique Tarlé, Tony Frank and especially Marc Riboud, for whom he became the go-to printer from 1993 until the death of the celebrated author.

Consani regards the work of the printer as an artistic interpretation of the original image: according to him, "the photographer is the composer and the printer is the interpreter." This view has made him a respected figure in the world of contemporary analog photography, particularly for the quality of his silver gelatin black-and-white prints.

Parallel to his laboratory work, Thomas Consani has developed his own personal photographic research, producing urban reports and travel photographs, including a series devoted to New York in the years 1994, 1999 and 2010. His works are characterized by a strong attention to light, to contrasts, and to the aesthetics of traditional analog printing.