Davide Monteleone

Davide Monteleone is an Italian photographer and a three-time World Press Photo prize winner.

Biography

Monteleone is an Italian photographer born in 1974. He studied engineering but gave up on it and decided to study photography and journalism. He traveled to the United States and then to the United Kingdom to study those subjects. He started his career in 2000, working with Italian and international magazines. At the end of 2001 he moved to Moscow, where he stayed till 2003. Since then he has traveled back and forth between Italy and Russia, continuing his editorial work.

In 2007 Monteleone published his first book, Dusha (in English, Soul) and two years later published a second one, La Linea Inesistente.[1] In 2012 he published a book titled Red Thistle, winner of, among other prizes, the European Publishers Award for Photography,[2] the Aftermath Grant,[3] and the Burn Emergency Photographer Grant.[4]

In 2013 Monteleone was interviewed by Vogue.[5] and appeared in the series of 12 episode of "Fotografi" for Sky Arte.

Monteleone has won numerous prizes, including three World Press Photo awards in 2007, 2009, and 2011. In 2013, with the support of Fondation Carmignac, he published the book Spasibo, of work he had produced in Chechnya.

Prizes and awards

Books

Solo exhibitions

References

  1. "Davide Monteleone". VII. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "European Publishers Award geht an Davide Monteleone", freelens.com, 12 July 2011. (German) Accessed 8 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Red Thistle", The Aftermath Project. Accessed 17 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Emerging Photographer Grant 2010 Recipient, Burn magazine, June 2010. Accessed 17 May 2014.
  5. "Interview with Vogue". Vogue. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  6. "Premio Ponchielli 2006: Progetto segnalato: Davide Monteleone: C'era una volta CCCP", Gruppo Redattori Iconografici Nazionale, February 2006. (Italian) Accessed 17 May 2014.
  7. "2006, Davide Monteleone, 1st prize, Spot News stories", World Press Photo, 17 May 2011. Accessed 14 May 2014.
  8. "Lucca Digital Photo Fest '07", UnDo.net, 24 November 2007. (Italian) Accessed 17 May 2014.
  9. "Risultati premio Bastianelli 2008", PhotoRevolt, 10 June 2008. (Italian) Accessed 17 May 2014.
  10. "2008, Davide Monteleone, 1st prize, General News stories", World Press Photo. Accessed 14 May 2014.
  11. "Fringe of Empire", The Aftermath Project. Accessed 17 May 2014.
  12. "Le prix Oscar Barnack 2009", photofloue.net, 12 January 2010. (French) Accessed 14 May 2014.
  13. "Italiener Monteleone gewinnt bei Lumix-Fotofestival", Hannoversche Allgemeine, 20 June 2010. (German). Accessed 14 May 2014.
  14. "Galleries: Sony World Photographic 2010", Melbourne Herald Sun. Accessed 17 May 2014.
  15. "Davide Monteleone wins Follow Your Convictions grant", World Press Photo, 17 May 2011. Accessed 14 May 2014.
  16. "2011, Arts and Entertainment, 2nd prize singles, Davide Monteleone", World Press Photo. Accessed 14 May 2014.
  17. "Winners", Awakening World Award; archived by the Wayback Machine on 27 July 2013.
  18. "2012: Davide Monteleone: Chechen Republic", Fondation Carmignac. Accessed 13 May 2014.
  19. "Winners of the Seventieth Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition: Judged February 5 through February 26, 2013", POYi. Accessed 17 May 2014.

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