e-mail: monteauxphoto@gmail.com — tél: + 33 (0)6 11 61 68 96
Prior to becoming a photographer in Los Angeles, California, Michel Monteaux was a motion picture first assistant director in Fance. After fiteen years abroad, he now works in Paris, France.
1995-2010 Advertising, magazine, corporate photographer in Paris, France.
1988-1994 Advertising and magazine photographer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
1979-1987 Advertising photographer in Los Angeles, Ca, and in Santa Fe, NM. USA
1973-1978 Motion pictures First assistant director in Paris, France.
Press portraits and reports :
Marie-Claire, Elle, Libération, Lire, La Vie, Le Magazine Littéraire, W Magazine, Vanity Fair, Le Monde, Spiegel…
World Features:
Kosovo, Nicaragua, Mexico, United-States, Israël, Palestine, Lebanon, Nothern Irlande, Zambia, India, Liberia, United-Kingdom, Cameroun, Bulgaria, Tunisia…
Institutional high-end brand image, portraits and reports:
Alstom, Lafarge, RTE, Saint-Gobain, Gaz De France, Disney, Arcelor-Mittal, SFR, Hachette…
Bibliography :
Gandhi Express Buchet-Chastel France
Haute Tension RTE France
Southwestern Indian Jewelry Abbeville Press USA
The Spirit of Palestine The Noble Heritage Foundation UK
The Art of Ojime Abrams USA
The Spirit of Folk Art Abrams USA
Behind the Mask in Mexico Abrams USA
American Folk Artists Abrams USA
Exhibits :
2012 Shanghai International Photography Art Festival: Shanghai, in Between Time.
2011 Mois de l’Image à Dieppe, France : « Portraits de Famille Imposée »
2010 Mois du Graphisme à Échirolles, France : « USA BLUES »
2009 Promenades Photographiques de Vendôme, France : « Gandhi Express »
2005 Rencontres Internationales de Lurs, France : « En110 Images »
2004 Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France : « RTE »
2003 Centre Beaubourg, Paris, France : « Les 50 ans du livre de Poche »
1991 Governer’s Gallery, Santa Fe, USA : « The mini show »
1988 College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallerie, USA : « Selection 88 »
2010 : Hasselblad Masters :
Finalist, category EDITORAL
Semi-Finalist, category GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Languages: french, english, spanish.