We’re sharing a selection of Brian Kanagaki’s still lifes alongside a short sequence from Doldrums. The still lifes show his sense of balance and form, while Doldrums turns toward the Bay Area and the way nature can steady you during moments of change.
The series explores feeling your way through change and recognizing the beauty that shows up over time, moving from a heavier period into a place shaped by connection, reflection, and the kind of growth you only understand later.
Brian has been with us for a few years now, and his orders are always striking and memorable, the kind of work that stays with you.
Today we are sharing the work of Carly Goldstein, a photographer based in New York. Her work explores memory and family. She is drawn to traces of the people who came before her, returning to familiar spaces to explore how identity and memory are passed down. A longtime friend of the lab, Carly’s project “Wilmington, Vermont” depicts her family’s home. Read more about the project below:
Wilmington, Vermont
“This ongoing project began during the pandemic, centered around my family’s beloved vacation home in Wilmington, Vermont. Built by my grandparents in the 1980s, the house is a time capsule, preserving decades of memories.
Within each frame, I capture the warmth and familiarity of home. The project extends beyond just the walls of the house into the landscape, documenting a place that has shaped mine and my family’s childhood memories.”
Full video on Bio
Café Edits visits LTI Lightside, NYC’s longest-running film lab. Jeffrey Kane shares how the lab supported iconic photographers, adapted from darkroom to digital, and why analog still matters today.
I have had to privilege to work with them for my last exhibition. The experienced Team at LTI work on the process , contact prints , dark room to the final print with the help for Paul Cousin at illford imaging we decided the best possible paper for the Show.
Very Grateful for these amazing artists teaming up to create magic together
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We’re sharing some images from our good friend Neall Brick. Neall has spent years working across the fashion industry and is a familiar presence in New York’s watch scene. A longtime street photography enthusiast, these images were taken during his commute from New Jersey to New York City, capturing both the energy of the city and the quiet moments of beauty and intrigue that pass us by on the street. We enjoy seeing New York through Neall’s eyes.
We were pleased to produce two prints for Nancy Burson’s exhibition Light Matter at Heft Gallery, including Big Brother and Androgyny.
The works originate from Burson’s seminal composite portrait series from the 1980s, created using facial morphing and recognition technologies she pioneered. Developed in collaboration with researchers at the MIT Media Lab, these images are among the earliest digitally generated composite portraits and laid the groundwork for technologies that now inform AI-driven facial recognition and image filtering.
These composite portraits combine multiple source images into single faces, reflecting Burson’s long-standing investigation into how identity can be constructed and perceived through technology.
Light Matter expands on this vision across four bodies of work, including Quantum Entanglement Paintings, Quantum Observation Videos, a selection of her composite portraits, and ongoing performances of Mary and the Quantum Spheres, all exploring the idea of a shared human essence.
Photos courtesy of Heft Gallery.
David Kaminsky is a photographer and artist born and raised in New York. David studied visual arts at Columbia University and recently completed the One-Year-Certificate Program at the International Center of Photography. His approach, influenced by his upbringing as a painter, seeks to explore themes of psychologically charged narratives. David’s recent orders with us at LTI struck us as both visually arresting and emotionally nuanced, exploring the layered dynamics of family life and the shifting realities of domesticity across generations. These images are from his series In the Bedroom. See the full artist statement below ⬇️
In the Bedroom examines the intimate dynamics of domestic life, particularly what lies beneath ideals of harmony and generational success. Working collaboratively with my subjects, I stage scenes informed by their gestures, belongings, and personal style, exploring how intimacy and tension coexist within shared spaces. The photographs ask how domestic space reflects identity at different stages of life, revealing evolving ideas of home and the emotional complexity of family relationships.
I love to sell prints to people, ‘cause you know someone is going to be looking at your art all the time. And I especially love it when it’s someone I love as much as my friend Laura who bought FIVE PRINTS. Thank you Laura times five!
If you like my art and want a print let me know!
Printed by the incomparable @jsknyc_etc at @lti_lightside
Printed in the darkroom, a contact sheet gives a direct, physical read of the film itself, from color, density, exposure, focus, everything the negative holds. Unlike digital contacts, there are no scanning or calibration variables. What you see is what the film gives you.
Our neighbors at Penumbra Foundation are a big part of the photography community we serve. Its members routinely bring their film to LTI for processing, scanning, and printing. In turn, supporting Penumbra’s artists is an important part of the work we do here at @lti_lightside by providing discounts and sharing production space and resources. This unique partnership generates positive energy not just for our two companies but also for the creative community at large - we’re grateful to consider the fine folks at Penumbra our friends.
We offer archival pigment inkjet printing at any scale, from small intimate prints to large format, designed for exhibition and fine art presentation. Each print is crafted with precision, color accuracy, and care, and we work closely with our clients to ensure the final result matches their vision.
Highlighting the work of Matt Eich, who has trusted LTI with his film and prints for years. His series Bird Song Over Black Water is shaped by his ties to his home state of Virginia and the lives he encounters there, offering a thoughtful and tender look at the American story woven through that landscape.
