Davide Monteleone
Leica Oskar Barnack 2024
“Criticals Minerals – Geography of Energy”
Cobalt, copper, lithium and nickel are the much sought-after materials needed for the current transition to renewable energies, which is the result of the desired change in global energy policies.
Each chapter of Monteleone’s project looks at the extraction of a particular mineral, uncovers the often overlooked supply chains, and scrutinises the complex impacts on the affected regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile and Indonesia.
Monteleone’s LOBA series presents the mining locations of various minerals. So far he has documented cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, copper and lithium mining in Chile, and nickel extraction in Indonesia. A further chapter on rare earths will be added to the project.
Davide Monteleone’s series was submitted by Antonia Benedetta Donato, one of this year’s group of 80 international LOBA nominators.
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