eliomontanari

The Image, the Archive, the Infinite

Caro Elio, They say that a camera obscura turns the world upside down in order to reveal its truth. When I met you on that early March morning in 2006 on Istiklal Street, my own world was turned upside down. I was a seventeen-year-old boy with a 1976 Canon and a heart full of unformedContinueContinue reading “The Image, the Archive, the Infinite”

In memoria di Elio Montanari

Con profondo dolore comunichiamo la scomparsa di Elio Montanari04.03.1944, Ravenna – 23.12.2025 Istanbul Dal 2006 ho avuto l’onore di accompagnarlo come assistente e amico, condividendo con lui un lungo percorso umano e artistico. Elio ha attraversato il tempo con uno sguardo raro: silenzioso, rigoroso, profondamente umano. La sua opera non cercava di spiegare il mondo,ContinueContinue reading “In memoria di Elio Montanari”

Curriculum Vitae

http://www.eliomontanari.comeliomontanari44@gmail.com A – Profile Elio Montanari was born in Ravenna, 4 March 1944 Freed from the weight of two thousand and five hundred years of history of Beauty, over the last thirty five years, as a photographer, he devoted his work to following artists at work so as to capture operations of the formal processContinueContinue reading “Curriculum Vitae”

BONAGURI MAESTRO DELLA FOTOGRAFIA CHIMICA

Se qualcuno mi chiedesse chi mi ha insegnato qualcosa di definitivo nella mia vita, la mia mente andrebbe a mia madre e a mio padre; tuttavia in ogni svolta della mia esistenza qualcuno mi ha insegnato qualcosa e senza alcun dubbio Silvano é una di quelle persone Con Silvano Bonaguri se ne va un puntoContinueContinue reading “BONAGURI MAESTRO DELLA FOTOGRAFIA CHIMICA”

REMEMBER: A MILLION PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CAMERA OBSCURA

https://youtu.be/J_eTNHrnZQk?si=SOK7CsC9mDm2cE_K Explore the artistic odyssey of Elio Montanari, an architect and photographer with a rich 50-year history of traversing 55 countries. His archive is a captivating chronicle of architectural textures and the artists he encountered during their performances, exhibitions, and creative processes. From the bustling streets of Berlin to the prestigious “Documenta” in Kassel, Montanari’sContinueContinue reading “REMEMBER: A MILLION PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CAMERA OBSCURA”