Paolo Monti was an Italian photographer, known for his architectural photography.In his early period, Monti experimented with abstractionism as well as with effects such as blurring and diffraction. In 1953, he became a professional photographer. He mainly worked with architecture reproductions which were used by magazines and book editors for illustration. Starting from 1966, Monti catalogued historic centers of Italian cities. Wikipedia
“The country does not recognize a photojournalist as a journalist.”
"Photojournalism and Film-making in Europe", in R. Smith (ed.), Photographic Communication, Hastings House, 1972, p. 350; quoted in D. Marisa and M. Moscoso, Fotoperiodismo https://web.archive.org/web/20030704150251/http://www.cge.udg.mx/revistaudg/rug22/rug22dossier5.html, in Revista Universidad de Guadalajara, n. 22, Winter 2001-2002.
"Mariel", in Camera, n. 10, October 1956; quoted in Conversazioni https://www.beic.it/mostre/monti/conversazioni.html, BEIC.
Original: (it) Finalmente ad aiutare i ricordi venne una macchina, l'apparecchio fotografico un tempo ingombrante come un mobile in mezzo alla stanza, oggi leggero, lucido e preciso come un'arma. Preciso. E fedele?
"Due parole sulla mia fotografia", 1981; quoted in "Monti, Paolo" https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-monti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
Original: (it) Per me è motivo di continua sorpresa il fatto che quasi tutti i professionisti fotografano solo su ordine dei committenti e quasi mai per inventare e sperimentare.
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