Davide Monteleone
Davide Monteleone (* 1974 in Potenza , Basilicata region , Italy ) is an Italian photographer and journalist .
Life
Monteleone dropped out of engineering to study photography and journalism in the United States and Great Britain . His career as a photographer started in 2000 when he started at the Italian agency Contrato . In 2001 he went to Moscow as a correspondent . Since 2003 he has been commuting between Italy and Russia , also because of his various projects .
Since his first illustrated book was published in 2007, others have followed, some of which have won awards. His photographs have also been shown internationally in solo exhibitions. In 2013, with the help of the Carmignac Foundation, he published the illustrated book Spasibo with the results of his stay in Chechnya .
Honourings and prices
- 2006: World Press Photo Prize in the Spot News Stories section for his report on the Israeli bombings in Lebanon .
- 2008: International Photography Award in the General News Editorial category for Pakistan Turning Point
- 2008: World Press Photo Prize in the General News Stories section for his report on Abkhazia .
- 2008: Premio Marco Bastianelli for his book Duscha .
- 2011: European Publishers Award for Photography for Rote Distel .
- 2012: World Press Photo Prize in the Art single category for his report on Milan Fashion Week .
- 2012: Photojournalism Prize of the Fondation Carmignac , Paris for Spasibo .
Publications
- Showera = anima russa . Edizioni Postcart, 2007, ISBN 978-88-86795-33-3 .
- The linea inesistente: Viaggio lungo la ex cortina di ferro . Contrasto, Rome 2009, ISBN 978-88-6965-237-0 .
- Holler- ENEL Contemporanea . H +, 2012.
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Red thistle . Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, England 2012, ISBN 978-1-907893-16-2 .
- German: Rote Distel. Kehrer, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86828-294-8 . (also in French and Italian)
- Spasibo = Spasibo. Text in French and English. Kehrer, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86828-466-9 .
Exhibitions
- 2007: Duscha , Rencontres d'Arles , Arles and later in 2008 Palazzo delle Esposizioni , Rome.
- 2009: La Linea Inesistente , Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 2013: Ortygia , Syracuse, Sicily.
- 2009: Ombre di Guerra , Rotonda della Besana , Milan and 2011. Maison Européenne de la Photographie , Paris.
- 2010: Red Thistle , Castello Estense , Ferrara, as well as Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto , Rovereto and Lumix Festival , Hanover.
- 2012: Harragas : House of Photography , Hamburg and 2013: Nobel Peace Center , Oslo.
- 2013: Spasibo , Chapelle of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris , Paris; 2014: Museo civico Francesco Messina Studio, Milan; Rencontres d'Arles, Hôtel de Luppé, Arles and Photography Forum Frankfurt , Frankfurt am Main.
- 2014: Borderline Empire , Kehrer Gallery, Berlin.
Web links
- Website of the photographer (English)
- Foundation Carmignac (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The ruble rolls, but the men keep to themselves while dancing. In: FAZ . September 9, 2014, p. 35.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monteleone, Davide |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian photographer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potenza , Basilicata region , Italy |