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 photographer from Argentina, whose interest in photography is as a tool of inspection.
He examines and puts to question the perception we have of reality. Exploring intersubjective spaces, that are shaped from the relationship between our subjective experiences and the objective nature of things. Searching there for what is invisible to the eye, and exists only as presentiment.
His background in filmmaking allows him to 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.
He was selected as an Single Image Winner’s of BJP’s “International Photography Award”
His project “The Measure” was part of the FOLIO masterclass with PHMuseum and Witty Books.
He was shortlisted for the British Journal of Photography’s “Portrait of Humanity Vol. 4”.
And was part of the “Finding your Vision” workshop by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb in NYC.
His work has appeared on numerous publications, including It’s Nice That, The British Journal of Photography, PHMuseum, i-D among others.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Open Eye Gallery - Climate Lab with Marisol Mendez
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” “In the sun, on the moon” - By PhMuseum and Jason Fulford
VOSTOK Magazine - Issue 31
Portrait of Humanity Vol.4 - Hoxton Mini Press
Books
“Centuries in the Sun” a Monty Kaplan Zine by Pomegranate Press
Web
-“Miruku” BJP and WaterAid Climate Crisis commission
-The British Journal of Photography, Mendez & Kaplan’s exploration of the Colombian 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