About the Photographer
With an academic background in music, Luisa Montagna holds a Level II Academic Diploma in Cello and spent about a decade teaching orchestra and performing in chamber music ensembles. Over the years, she transitioned into the field of visual communication, where her lifelong love for painting and the visual arts naturally evolved into a passion for photography.
After receiving her first camera as a gift, Luisa Montagna began exploring photography as a form of personal expression rather than simple representation. Initially focused on documentary reportage, her style has gradually developed into a more evocative and dreamlike approach—where images merge and overlap to create new, poetic worlds.
Her work includes several documentary projects, two of which have received awards in international competitions such as the Monochrome Photography Awards, ND Awards, Monovisions Photography Awards, Chromatic Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, IPA International Photography Awards, BIFA, and Trieste Photo Days. Her photographs have also appeared in international magazines and photography books.
Recently, Montagna has participated in group exhibitions including the Coex Festival and Kromart Gallery in Rome, PH21 Gallery in Budapest, B-Side at Extra Factory Gallery in Livorno, Torre e dintorni in Pomezia (Rome), and PhotoMilano 2.0 in Milan.
