Beyond the technical resources that Kaplan can use in the realization of his works (which in itself already make his work something very special), Monty achieves a balance, a sense of equilibrium. A condensation of emotions confronted on a level of urban reality.
His capacity of abstractionism manages to elevate the captured object to a space where the artist fuses with the object in a strange and pleasant synergy, creating this particular "seal", a "Kaplan style" - to name it in some way.
Despite his training as Film-maker Monty achieves to pass cinematic effects, giving his visual level a huge spectrum full of depth and conceptual richness.
The texture in his works is combined with an exact tonality which, in a balance of forces, allows an interiorization of feeling -or feelings-. The melancholic character is allowed to be dominated by a positive and discovering force, a fire that does not burn, but contemplates and welcomes and understands. An energy that makes us present in his works. That makes us part of them. A liberating balance of the forces that could suffocate.
Monty has, as you would expect in photography, different facets. It unfolds in urban landscapes of exquisite architectural details with a minimalist touch, where socio-demographic aspects can also be summarized, as in works made in Buenos Aires, Berlin and New York to mention a few examples. A dynamic and passionately Author which is consequent to his environment and his creative process. Monty Kaplan, enigmatic and charming, has become a -must see- in today's international photographic scene.
