Drop 01 · Milan, Italy

Milan.

“Seen through curious eyes.”

The first release from AndBlanc — one photograph, fifty-five prints, and a red tram loud enough to stop a street. Working title.

Milan street scene in black and white with a bright red tram crossing the intersection — **Milan** — Milan, Italy · Drop 01 Satin metallic print on aluminum · float mount

55Prints in total

4Sizes, one edition each

Satin metallicOn aluminum

Signed & numberedOn the work itself

4–8 weeksMade to order

The Story

In the artist’s own words — how a sound became a photograph.

I was walking the streets of Milan on New Year’s when a loud noise started building behind me. It kept growing until it filled the whole street — and then I saw it: the tram, cutting through the city, loud and beautiful. That sound is what made the photograph. The city going about its day, and one thing moving through it loud enough to stop you in your tracks. I raised the camera and caught the moment before it passed. Yours truly, Andrew

The Work

How every print in Drop 01 is made, finished, and delivered.

Medium

Satin metallic fine-art print on aluminum. A satin finish keeps the blacks deep and the red tram saturated, without glare.

Mount

Frameless float mount with hidden hardware. The print lifts off the wall and casts its own shadow line.

Presentation

No glass. No visible mat. Nothing between you and the photograph — the image runs clean to the edge.

Signature

Signed and numbered by the artist on the work itself, by hand, as each commissioned piece is finished.

Certificate

A hand-signed, hand-numbered certificate of authenticity on premium stock, accompanied by a story card telling the moment behind the image.

Fulfillment

Each piece is made to order as a commissioned work. Allow a lead time of 4–8 weeks from commission to delivery.

Editions & Prices

Four sizes. Print-only prices. Choose a size to see it to scale.

Drop 01 · Milan

24″ H × 48″ W

61 × 121.9 cm

The classic statement — holds its own above a sofa or sideboard.

$1,250 Edition of 15then the size closes forever

Print only. Satin metallic on aluminum, frameless float mount with hidden hardware, signed and numbered on the work. Includes a hand-signed, hand-numbered certificate of authenticity and a story card. Made to order — 4–8 week lead time.

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To scale

The print, drawn to proportion against a standard three-seat sofa.

24″ × 48″ — shown centered over the sofa Sofa shown at 84″ wide

Never reprinted

When a size sells out, it is closed. A sold-out size is never reprinted — the edition means what it says.

Never discounted

Prices are never publicly discounted. The value of an early collector’s piece is protected by holding the line.

Fifty-five pieces

Across all four sizes, Drop 01 is fifty-five prints in total. When they are gone, the drop is complete.

Wall Studies

The same room, the same wall — Milan at each of the four sizes.

Four living-room studies of the Milan print above the same sofa, growing from 18 by 36 inches to 36 by 70 inches — Select a size to find it in the room. The smallest print sits quietly over the sofa; the largest takes a third of the wall and becomes the room. Same photograph, four very different presences — judge the scale against the sofa and the plant, which do not change.

The Artist

A curious young man from North St. Louis who went out into the world — and came back with a camera full of it.

AndBlanc begins in North St. Louis. From there, military service took Andrew overseas, and living abroad did the rest: he was encouraged to explore — the wonders of the earth, and the things human hands have built. A red tram in Milan is both at once.

Curiosity is the through-line of the work. Not the landmark, not the postcard — the moment in an ordinary street that stops you in your tracks, if you are paying attention. Every AndBlanc drop is one of those moments, printed large enough to live with.

FromNorth St. Louis

The roadService, then the world

Drop 01Milan, Italy

The eyeSeen through curious eyes

Collectors

What the first owners of AndBlanc work have to say.

No collector voices yet.

Drop 01 is the first release, and its first prints are still being made. This space stays empty until real collectors fill it — the first words here will belong to the people who hang Milan on their walls.

Inquire

Every piece is commissioned. Begin with an inquiry.

Your inquiry

Commissions are confirmed personally before any payment is taken. Each piece is then made to order — allow 4–8 weeks from commission to delivery. Your inquiry text is composed here, on this page, ready to send by whatever channel you reach the studio through.