{{Short description|Catalan photographer (1942–2013)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Toni Catany | honorific_suffix = | image = Catany2.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1942 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. --> | birth_place = Llucmajor | baptised = <!-- will not display if birth_date is entered --> | death_date = 2013 <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = photography | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | father = | mother = | relatives = | family = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} '''Toni Catany''' (1942-2013) was a Catalan photographer.<ref name="RTVE">{{cite web |last1=IMPRESCINDIBLES |first1=CESC MULET, Director del documental / |title=La obra del fotógrafo mallorquín Tony Catany es una constante búsqueda de la belleza |url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20150525/constante-obra-del-fotografo-mallorquin-tony-catany-busqueda-belleza/1150660.shtml |website=RTVE.es |language=es |date=25 May 2015}}</ref> Catany was born in Llucmajor.<ref name="BNEES">{{cite web |title=Catany, Toni (1942-2013) |url=https://datos.bne.es/persona/XX1165151.html |website=datos.bne.es}}</ref>
His work is included in collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,<ref name="MFAH">{{cite web |title=Toni Catany: Abou Simbel, Egypt |url=https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/69233/abou-simbel-egypt|website=mfah.org}}</ref> the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid,<ref name="MRSMUSEUM">{{cite web |title=Catany, Toni |url=https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/coleccion/autor/catany-toni |website=www.museoreinasofia.es |language=en}}</ref> and the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.<ref name="MNCAT">{{cite web |title=Toni Catany. Naturaleza muerta #136, 1987 {{!}} Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya |url=https://www.museunacional.cat/es/toni-catany-naturaleza-muerta-136-1987 |website=www.museunacional.cat|date=13 March 2014 }}</ref>
==Biography== Self-taught, he arrived in Barcelona in 1960 to begin his studies in chemical sciences. There he began his career as a photographer doing travel reports. However, from the very beginning, he opted for themes far removed from photojournalism, and in 1972 he held his first exhibition.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
In 2023 the Centre Internacional de Fotografia Toni Catany was inaugurated in his hometown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/cultura/2023/03/18/centro-legado-fotografo-toni-catany-84840632.html|title=El Centre Toni Catany abre sus puertas con el respaldo de las instituciones y del mundo de la cultura|access-date=2023-09-29|publisher=|date=2023-03-18|website=Diario de Mallorca|language=es}}</ref>
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