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Nov
9
to Dec 15
Events, Exhibition, Award

Critical Minerals on display at Mudec, Milano

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From Nov. 9, 2024, the exhibition of the 2nd Edition of the Deloitte Photo Grant opens to the public at MUDEC, Milano, curated by Denis Curti and the BlackCamera Team.

This year the installation hosts my work Critical Minerals - Geography of Energy, and Dust from Home by Fernanda Liberti, the Brazilian photographer who won the 2023 edition.

The exhibition presents a mix of medium- and large-format images, flanked by aerial shots and photographs made using the stitching technique: a digital fusion of 8-10 individual shots to provide a panoramic and immersive perspective. 
The installation is further enriched by a video component designed to intensify the immersive experience. Sounds, voices, and evocative landscapes transport the visitor into a unique sensory dimension.
The data visualization section, curated by Valentina D'Efilippo, plays a key role in providing a clear and in-depth picture of the project, offering details and information crucial to understanding the scope of the work.

A volume published by 24 ORE Cultura accompanies the display, designed by Hannah Feldmeier, where this project is, for the first time, presented in its entirety.

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Interview on Nylon Singapore
Oct
21
to Nov 7
Review, Events, Award

Interview on Nylon Singapore

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Interview with the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2024 Winners.

On the evening of 10th October 2024, the 44th edition of the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) was presented to Swiss-based photographer, Davide Monteleone. His series titled, “Critical Minerals — Geography of Energy” is an on-going, long-term study where Monteleone questions the current reorientation of the energy towards renewable sources, and the complicated geographical, social and ecological impact they have.

We speak with Monteleone about this extremely relevant topic in today’s world, and the challenges he faced — and is still facing — in covering this through photography.

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Oct
14
1:00 PM13:00
Award, Publication

Critical Minerals published on LFI Special Edition

As the 2024 winner project, Critical Minerals - Geography of Energy will be featured in LFI Special Edition magazine, available for purchase at this link.

Preface – Karin Rehn-Kaufmann
Winner 2024
Davide Monteleone: Critical Minerals – Geography of Energy
Newcomer 2024
Maria Guţu: Homeland
Shortlist:
Forough Alaei: Underneath the Calm Streets of Iran
Anush Babajanyan: Nagorno-Karabakh War and Exodus
Emily Garthwaite: Tears of the Tigris
Ksenia Ivanova: Between the Trees of the South Caucasus
Lucas Lenci: Inattention Era
Adriana Loureiro Fernández: Paradise Lost
Sara Meneses Cuapio: Raízhambre
Tong Niu: Express Delivery
Ingmar Björn Nolting: An Anthology of Changing Climate
Etinosa Yvonne: It’s All in my Head

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Oct
11
11:00 AM11:00
Award

Critical Minerals won the 2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

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Critical Minerals – Geography of Energy  won the 44th Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA)!

 How can we build a sustainable future without making the same mistakes? For this project, I wanted to explore the shift to renewable energy and its challenges.

Through a mix of visuals and data, Critical Minerals explores the complex geopolitical, social, and environmental impacts of intensive mining. I focused on three key minerals—copper, lithium, and cobalt—and their extraction in Chile, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia due to their critical role in the green energy transition.

 Huge thanks to Benedetta Donato for nominating my project, and to the jury for recognizing how important and urgent this topic is. Shoutout to my awesome teammates Manuel Montesano and Samantha Azzani, and the incredible local storytellers Cristobal Olivares, Guerchom Ndebo, and Muhammad Fadli.

Also, a massive thank you to all the amazing institutions that supported me from day one, The National Geographic Society, The Climate Pledge.

This project is truly a collaborative effort, and I’m beyond proud that it’s been recognized as a key part of the conversation around energy transition.

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Critical Minerals wins the Deloitte Photo Grant 2024
Jul
16
3:00 PM15:00
Award

Critical Minerals wins the Deloitte Photo Grant 2024

I am honored to announce that "Critical Minerals - Geography of Energy" has been chosen as the Deloitte Photo Grant 2024 winner project. This year's theme fosters the concept of Possibilities, aiming to stimulate a public debate on the weight of contemporary collective responsibilities and global challenges. 


I am beyond proud that this collective work has been recognized as relevant to this important topic. I must thank the collaborators and institutions that have supported me since the beginning of this adventure: The National Geographic Society, The Climate Pledge, the great local storytellers Cristòbal Olivares, Guerchom Ndebo, Muhammad Fadli, and my trusted teammates Manuel Montesano, and Samantha Azzani. Cheers also to Pierre Podbielski for the nomination and to the jury members for the special consideration given to my work.

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Jul
15
10:30 AM10:30
Award

Critical Minerals shortlisted for Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2024

I am thrilled to share that "Critical Minerals - Geography of Energy" is among the shortlisted candidates for the 44th edition of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA), one of the most renowned international photography competitions.
My most sincere gratitude goes to Benedetta Donato for nominating my project, it means a lot to me to see my work recognized on such a relevant level. 

Stay tuned for the next steps of the process. 
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DRC Cobalt gains 3rd place at Sony World Photography Award 2024
Jun
26
4:00 PM16:00
Award

DRC Cobalt gains 3rd place at Sony World Photography Award 2024

I'm thrilled to announce that the Cobalt Chapter from the "Critical Minerals - Geography of Energy” project has been selected as a Winner at the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards. The work gained third place in the  "Professional - Documentary Projects" category.  

To discover more, please visit Sony's website here.

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Sinomocene - Prix Pictet Catalogue
Oct
10
4:00 PM16:00
Award, Book, Photography

Sinomocene - Prix Pictet Catalogue

An image of my long-term project "Sinomocene" has been included in Prix Pictet's publication "Human", a selection of outstanding photographs by both shortlisted and non-shortlisted nominees that best reflect the current cycle's theme.
Published by Hatje Cantz the publication includes a foreword by Sir David King, Chairman of the Prix Pictet Jury, together with essays by David Christian & Meehan Crist. 

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Critical Minerals and Energy Switch
Apr
8
12:00 PM12:00
Award

Critical Minerals and Energy Switch

I’m honoured to announce that my proposal “Critical Minerals and Energy Switch” received a two-year grant from the National Geographic Society. The project is a multichapter and collaborative visual investigation into the roots of the new industrial revolution underway: the switch to renewable energy. The initial part of the project will focus on the geopolitical, social and environmental implications of skyrocketing demand for critical minerals necessary to archive renewable energy’s goal.

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Sinomocene in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2020
Jul
14
to Sep 15
Events, Photography, Award, Review

Sinomocene in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2020

The ”Sinomocene” project, already supported by National Geographic Society, is selected among the finalists for the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2020.

“In his “Sinomocene” series, the Italian photographer (born 1974) explores the impact produced by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which reflects China’s growing presence around the globe. Spanning four continents, the project is documented photographically on location in - among other places - Ethiopia, Djibouti, Italy, Cambodia and Kazakhstan.”

The two winners (main and newcomers) will be announced October 22nd.

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New East Photo Prize - Jury Member
Jun
10
to Jul 8
Events, Award

New East Photo Prize - Jury Member

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The New East Photo Prize celebrates contemporary photography from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia and Central Asia.

The New East Photo Prize champions artistic excellence in photography. The prize recognises practitioners offering representations of the social, cultural and physical landscape of the New East and other perspectives on that region.

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"A New Silk Road" nominated for the Prix Pictet
Jan
22
to Feb 14
Events, Photography, Award

"A New Silk Road" nominated for the Prix Pictet

“A New Silk Road” has been nominated for the theme for the eighth cycle of the Prix Pictet. Hope – a theme that offers a wide range of creative possibilities and a strong set of connections to the Prix Pictet’s overriding theme of sustainability. Hope in the face of adversity. Recycling. Reforestation. Rewilding. Science – advances in medicine – and technological solutions for global environmental problems. Falling poverty levels. It is time to examine some of the positive actions on sustainability that are beginning to emerge by contrast with the alarming analysis that constantly assails us in the global media.

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The next shortlist will be announced at Les Rencontres d’Arles in July 2019 and the winner at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in November 2019.

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Sep
4
8:30 AM08:30
Publication, Exhibition, Book, Award

Spasibo - Aperture Portfolio Finalist

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Davide Monteleone’s series Spasibo depicts the perplexing political reality in Chechnya, a Russian republic bordering the Caucasus Mountains and plagued with a complex history of conflict. For more than two centuries, the predominantly Muslim Chechens have struggled to assert independence. They have in turn endured mass deportation under Stalin; prolonged civil war between separatists and Russia, as well as with local Moscow-backed authorities; organized crime; and abuses of religious and civil rights. Monteleone’s outspoken authorship of these photographs entails considerable personal risk. His ability to document this subject without arriving at clichés of violence and oppression is a considerable achievement.

Judiciously edited, Spasibo comprises studied representations of the Chechen context. Portraits and tableaux coincide with landscapes and objects photographed as if for an archive. These varied photographic strategies share common formal threads: a muted gray pervades the series, and each image is purposefully and resolutely composed. By linking disparate images—a reproduction of the Chechen constitution and a portrait of the devout praying toward Mecca; the mountain refuge of separatist rebels and a plate bearing the portrait of Putin-approved Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov, himself a reformed ex-rebel—Monteleone conveys the disconcerting normalcy that reigns in Chechnya following the intense trauma of its recent past.

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Red Thistle at Les Rencontres de la Photographie Arles
Jul
10
to Sep 30
Exhibition, Photography, Award

Red Thistle at Les Rencontres de la Photographie Arles

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 Italian Davide Monteleone won the 2011 European Publisher’s prize for photography awarded by five European photo-editors. For many years his beat was the countries of the northern Caucasus (Chechnya, South Ossetia, Georgia, Abkhazia, Dagestan, etc.) as they tried to cope with the collapse of the ex-Soviet Union. His work, focusing on consequences of the different conflicts and upheavals of the twentieth century’s end in regions stressed not only by a strong ethnic and religious diversity but also by powerful geopolitical stakes, manages to restore a sense of the complexity as well as the fragility of peoples and situations in the face of new and unstable frontiers that recent history has drawn, most often by force.

https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/expositions/view/609/davide-monteleone

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