Interview • 106 PH

Consiglio Manni, 36 hours in NYC

New York City, USA

Please introduce yourself: What is your name, where are you from, what do you do?

Hi, I’m Consiglio Manni, I grew up in Alliste, a small town near Lecce, south Italy. Now I live in Milan and work as a photographer.

What is your relationship with photography, and how did you get into it?

My very first approach to photography was powered by the camera’s great appeal on me, as technological tool. I began to think of photography as a mighty medium by studying masters photographers such as Luigi Ghirri, Walker Evans and Robert Adams’s works.

What do you think triggers you to photograph in a certain moment? Is it planned or solely driven by intuition?

I think it's always a mix between the two.

Which city would you like to visit the most, and why?

North Dakota and Minnesota would be the first destinations I would like explore, especially in winter. Moreover, I’m a huge fan of Coen Brothers movies, I am really fascinated by the scenarios of Fargo movie.

What is your personal relationship to cities, and how do you perceive them as places in general?

Since I grew up in a very small town close to the sea, where often everyone knows each other. What I appreciated the most in cities is the ability of joining communities. It is a big pleasant paradigm shift. My personal relationship with the city is made by the encounter of people that share common interests.

Regarding your project 36 hours in NYC: What was your intention, and how did you come up with the idea?

Concerning my project 36 hours in NYC during July 2022, I got the chance to visit NYC. My intention was to see and have the opportunity to photograph a city that has been idealized by me and other generations too through iconic movies. I focused my eyes and so my pictures on the city shapes, colors and details that are highly represented in the past photos and cinema.

If it wasn’t for photography, what would you be interested in doing instead?

I believe I would have been a vintage car restorer!

Thank you, Consiglio!

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Photography: Consiglio Manni (2022)
Location: New York City, New York, USA

Links: Website, Instagram

New York City, USA