Mónica Lleó, degree in Sciences of the Information, branch of Image and sound, from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has also studied Broadcast Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York, taught by Christopher Kogler, and Advanced Cinematography at Film and Television Workshops in Maine, USA, taught by Jeff Sekendorf, and Electronic Cinematography by Michael Holfstein.
She has authored a body of work focused on landscape and architecture and their multifaceted meanings, from desolate post-war settings to empty subway stations and places that seem to be heedlessly watching the passage of time.
In her artistic work, she also addresses questions about the language of photography itself, intertwined with more pictorial aspects.
In 2002, in collaboration with the Madrid Metro, he carried out a photography project titled "The Subways of the World," a photographic journey through the empty subways of 12 of the world's most iconic cities: New York, Tokyo, Pyongyang, Seoul, Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Madrid, and Cairo.
Her work also focuses on politics, social and religious conflicts, life in post-conflict zones, historical memory, and national identity. She has produced extensive photographic and documentary work on the Balkans, predominantly Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo.
