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 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a photographer he delves into the realms of self-reflection, questioning our perception of reality. His work explores the interconnectedness of subjective experiences and the objective world, unveiling the unseen and existing solely as presentiment. With a background in filmmaking, he crafts unique narratives filled with atmosphere that blur the line between fiction and documentary, inviting the viewer into contemplative spaces.
He is the Winner of the Sony World Photography Award Professional Enviromental Category (with Marisol Mendez)
He was selected as an Single Image Winner’s of BJP’s “International Photography Award” and for the first ever “Fresh Eyes International” books from GUP Magazine.
He was also shortlisted for Palm Photo Prize 2020 and for The British Journal of Photography’s “Portrait of Humanity Vol. 4”.
Monty has exhibited work across the globe in USA, London, Germany and Argentina.
His work has appeared on numerous publications, including It’s Nice That, Der Greif, GUP, The British Journal, PHMuseum, i-D among others.
EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Paraíso” - Solo Show (15th September - 1st of October)
— LABA, Buenos Aires
2023 Somerset House - Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition (14th April - 1st May)
2022 Seen Fifteen Gallery - BJP International Photography Award (18th-27th November)
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
Fresh Eyes International 2023 - Gup Magazine
“The Annihilation of Space and Time” - Collective Book
The Big Rot - 2023 published by Zone Magazine
Then There Was Us - AND 2022
FotoFilmic - JRNL 14 guest edited by Coralie Kraft
Portrait of Humanity Vol.4 - Hoxton Mini Press
VOSTOK Magazine - Issue 31
“In the sun, on the moon” - By PhMuseum and Jason Fulford
SWIM Magazine — Issue .02 “Unseen”
Revista BALAM .05 “Metamorfosis”
NR Magazine — Issue .07
SATORI Magazine — Issue .02 “Change”
Create! Magazine — Issue .02
Maps Magazine Vol. 110
Archive Collective Magazine “The Earth Issue”
Paradise Magazine — Issue .01
Noice Magazine — “The Red Issue” .02
Books
“Centuries in the Sun” a Monty Kaplan Zine by Pomegranate Press
Web
- Der Greif - Guest Room Christoph Wiesner
-1854 Studio BJP - “Miruku” a 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