Milton Montenegro was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1954 and has been making images since six years old, when he won a Kapsa box camera as a birthday gift.
In the mid-eighties, he pioneered
His work belongs to several collections, such as Coleção Pirelli/MASP, MAR - Museu de Arte do Rio, Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, and Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia.