Davide Monteleone
The April Theses
2017, Hardcover, Swiss binding
English, 16,8x23,6 cm, 128 pages
700 copies + 100 limited edition
Graphic design: Hannah Feldmeier
ISBN: 9788898391608
€ 35,00
In March 1917, Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov (Lenin), leader of the Bolshevik revolutionary party, put an end to his exile in Switzerland. With the support of the German authorities, at the time at war with Russia, Lenin traveled by train through Germany, Sweden and Finland to return home. On April 16 in St. Petersburg, he assumed command of the Russian Revolution and outlined, in the April Theses, a program of ten points for the Bolsheviks published on April 20.
One hundred years later, Davide Monteleone retraces the two weeks preceding the events that changed the history of Russia and of the rest of the world. On the trail of the original copy of the April thesis, inspired by archival documents found at the R.G.A.S.P.I. (Russian State Archives of the Political History of the Soviet Union) and history books such as Edmund Wilson’s To Finland Station and The Sealed Train by Michael Pearson, Monteleone reconstructs and sometimes re-enacts Lenin’s epic journey through landscapes, archival images and “staged” self- portraits.
Davide Monteleone
(Potenza, 1974) He began working as a photojournalist in 1998. Over the years his work has been published by the most prestigious national and international newspapers. He has focused his interests on multiple topics. In particular he has dealt with news, conflicts and social issue. In 2002 he moved to Moscow. This experience marks his professional growth and his way of photographing. In 2007 and 2009 he won the World Press Photo with images of Beirut and with a reportage on Abkhazia. He has been a member of the Contrasto agency staff since 2001.
Davide Monteleone
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Marco Bulgarelli
Luca Nizzoli Toetti
Manolo Cinti
Alfredo D'Amato
Elton Gllava
Ivo Saglietti
Luciano D'Alessandro
Pietro Masturzo, Carlo Maddalena
Tano D'Amico
Matteo Bastianelli