Laura Montanari was born in Rome a long long time ago..... Her photographic training was self-taught, with testing in shooting and in the darkroom.

                           She is currently based in Rome and she's interested the most in social issues.

                           Most of her recent work has involved daily life in India, Palestine and Israel (from 2003 to 2006), Iran, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana, Benin, Lebanon and Egypt.

                           In Europe she is working on gypsy, immigrants and refugees that are part of her long term project "Restlessness".