Monty is an Argentinian
artist and photographer.
Limited edition prints can be acquired through:
Open Doors Gallery / London.
Hen’s teeth Store / Ireland.
About Me
Federico "Monty" Kaplan (1986) is a nomadic photographer from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He uses photography as a tool to question our perception of the reality we inhabit. With his camera, he explores intersubjective spaces, that are shaped from the relationship between our subjective experiences and the objective nature of things. In his portraits, he creates a strong sense of intimacy with his subjects by centering on their eyes, as a window into their private self's, imbuing these captured moments with a strange familiarity.
His background in filmmaking helps him create unorthodox narratives filled with atmosphere that blur the line between fiction and documentary.
Monty has exhibited work across the globe in USA, London, Germany and Argentina.
His project “The Measure” was recently selected to be part of the FOLIO masterclass with PHMuseum and Witty Books.
His work has appeared on numerous publications, including It’s Nice That, PH Room and i-D.
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Tête Gallery / PEP “Obsessions” (15-25th July)
- Berlin, DE
2018 Saatchi Gallery, with Open Doors — London, UK
2018 Summer Photo Exhibition / Fishing Quarter Gallery — Brighton, UK
2018 Street Sans Frontières / 18-20th May — Espace des Arts Sans Frontières, Paris
2018 Open Doors Exhbition / 5-8th of April — Peckham, London
2017 Group Exhibition “Inside Instagram” — Onomato Künstlerverein, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016 Group Show — Greenpoint Gallery, NY
2016 “Essay on Silence” — Casa Rodolfo Walsh, Buenos Aires
SELECTED ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
In Print
Archive Collective Magazine “The Earth Issue”
Paradise Magazine — Issue .01
Noice Magazine — “The Red Issue” .02
Maps Magazine Vol. 110
Create! Magazine — Issue .02
SATORI Magazine — Issue .02 “Change”
NR Magazine — Issue .07
Revista BALAM .05 “Metamorfosis”
SWIM Magazine — Issue .02 “Unseen”
Books
“Centuries in the Sun” a Monty Kaplan Zine by Pomegranate Press
Web
-The British Journal of Photography, Mendez & Kaplan’s exploration of the Columbian water crisis, Alice Finney
-It’s Nice That — Feature: “The suburban, Stranger Things-esque photography of Monty Kaplan”
-Booooooom — Photographer Spotlight: “Dynamic work from photographer Javier ‘Monty’ Kaplan”
-i-D — My Year in Pictures: Monty Kaplan
-Fubiz — “Strikingly Vibrant Images Under the Cover of Night”
-The Visual Voices — Interview
-WE ART Agency — Feature
-PH ROOM Magazine — Feature
-Aesthetica Magazine — Fleeting Moments
-Archive Collective Magazine — “The ‘burbs through the lens of Monty Kaplan”
-Millenium Agency — Photographer Spotlight