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Davide Monteleone - CONTRASTO
Contact: | Davide Monteleone |
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Tel.: | +39 06 328281 |
Fax: | +39 06 32828240 |
E-Mail: | international:annalisasalsano-asalsano@contrasto.it |
Web: | http://www.contrasto.it/eng/photographers/dettaglio.asp?idf=464&b=1 |
”He was born in Potenza in 1974.
After several trips and moving in Italy and abroad, in 1996
Monteleone took up his residence in Rome. In 1999 he got the
diploma in Photography at the European Design Institute and he
began working as a freelance in news, portrait and show
business areas.
In 2002 he decided to dedicate himself exclusively to
geographical and social reportage, focusing on color
photography and starting a collaboration with ”D-La Repubblica
Delle Donne”.
Among his first works, ”Golden Dreams”, a sequence of portraits
to Italian athletes in occasion of 2000 Sidney Olympic Games;
”Hongcouver”, based on the many facets of Vancouver; ”Ghana,
Golden Heart”, a travel through the coast of gold and slaves.
In 2001, during a stay in Sweden he shot many reportages making
a city portrait of its capital Stockholm, focusing on the
economic aspect of the country (Ikea) and on its scientific
area (Kista Science Park), without neglecting the entertainment
(the Sweden circus.)
In 2002, he traveled throughout Korea, documenting its
preparation to the World Football Cup, as well as several
reportages about the country: city portrait of Seoul, Korean
economy and nightlife of Korean youth. Over the past years he
also realized a black and white photographic project about
Italian Left wing parties based on the revival of opposition
movements to Berlusconi Government.
His skill to to analyse, his curiosity and his unquestionable
versatility led him to new challenges: as a matter of fact,
from December 2002 Davide Monteleone moved to Moscow. From this
experience he realized more reportages, such as daily life of
Chechens living in Moscow and the Bolshoi Theatre. Then he
started a very personal research of images to portrait
Moscow.
In 2004 he traveled through Abkhazia, Georgia and Pankisi
Valley in order to document the difficult situations of its
inhabitants. In Georgia, in particular, he followed the pre-
and post-presidential elections time. At the moment the
photographer is in Italy, waiting for another travel through
Russian Federation as he owns a permanent Visa.
He joined Contrasto in 2001.”
”Contrasto is a unique enterprise in the field of photography. Contrasto was born in the 80's to be a point of reference for quality photojournalism.
The agency's photographers, in addition to its close contact with the information and culture worlds, allows Contrasto to be a leader in the field of author photography.
Its vast range of activities (production and distribution of images for journalism, advertising and image consulting, fashion and publishing, archives available online) is guaranteed by the various resources it draws from; Most notably Magnum, the prestigious agency founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Contrasto is publishing house as well, working to realize photographic books, and exhibits in cooperation with Italy's public and private institutions.
The high level of Contrasto photographers' amounts to a gallery of unique images suitable for collecting purposes as well.”