Land & water
Standing Water
A line holds, then breaks in the water. Dark reflections turn a brown surface into a wavering arrangement of forms.
Guide price $5,500
Daniel Montero · Selected works
The showroom.
Light, surface and the spaces between. A selection of photographs and studies, shown one image at a time.
Explore all works below, or begin with the Private Viewing Selection. Bodywork brings the automotive photographs together as a separate series. Each work opens to its own page for a closer view and a conversation with the gallery.
90 works · Daniel Montero
Hover to view in a room
Sky & colour
Orange Interval
Sunrise aboard a Nashville to New York flight becomes a narrow orange seam between pale rose and deep blue.
Guide price $5,500
Land & water
Folded Ground
Layer upon layer of red contours turns inward, drawing the eye from the broad sweep of the surface into its smallest creases.
Guide price $5,500
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Between Blue Bands
A low strip of green foliage divides pale blue water beneath a much larger field of dark, softened blue.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Rose over Water
A broad rose sky meets dark blue water at a level horizon, with rolling bands gathering across the foreground.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Receding Hills
Wooded hills overlap beneath an orange sky, their detailed foreground gradually giving way to paler and less distinct ridgelines.
Guide price $4,500
Bodywork
Passing
A dark open car holds its profile against a streaked roadside, with small highlights carrying the image’s sense of movement.
Guide price $4,500
Bodywork
Yellow, Above
An angled view of yellow bodywork joins oval headlights, fine panel seams and a silver wheel against cool grey ground.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Vertical Drift
Fine brown verticals fade into a pale upper field, gathering around a broad dark form just right of centre.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Pink Shore
A bright band of surf curves along dark sand, joining a distant shoreline to a broad expanse of pink.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Red Rock, Snow
Dark conifers and exposed red ledges mark a snowy slope, opposite a paler wooded ridge fading into the distance.
Guide price $4,500
City & architecture
Fire Escape Rhythm
Fire escapes cross green, white and brick façades, making a second network of diagonals over the buildings’ repeated windows.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Violet Shore
Violet forms gather around a warm opening, above a dark sloping shore and broad reflections softened across the water.
Guide price $4,500
Land & water
Orange Ridge
A dark ridge rises beneath layers of orange and yellow, its uneven crest breaking the image’s long horizontal bands.
Guide price $4,500
City & architecture
Cape Florida, Full Moon
The pale circle of the moon answers the lighthouse tower, while dark palms gather beneath a wide amber sky.
$8,500
Land & water
The Mall, Winter
Snow traces the branching canopy; two rows of warm lamps lead into a nearly empty avenue of trees.
From $850
City & architecture
Roma, Golden Hour
A crossing figure interrupts the long perspective of a Roman street, beneath suspended lamps and stone washed in amber.
From $850
Bodywork
Yellow Fender
A cropped yellow car presents a wheel, curved fender and door as connected shapes, with pale reflections following the bodywork.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Rose Field
A dark upper field passes gradually into rose, leaving a soft horizontal transition as the photograph’s principal point of orientation.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Low Horizon
A broad rose upper field settles into deep blue below, with a low, softened division stretching across the frame.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Ember, Violet
A bright orange opening enters beneath a broad dark band, bordered by violet above and deeper rose tones below.
Guide price $4,000
Sky & colour
Two Rose Bands — Vertical Study
Two pale rose bands interrupt deep violet in a vertical frame, separated by a broad dark centre with softened edges.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Two Rose Bands — Close Study
Two rose bands extend across a dark violet field, their uneven margins giving a simple horizontal structure a wavering depth.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Orange Divide
A glowing orange field meets a darker rust band along a wavering horizontal edge that crosses the entire photograph.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Amber Arc
A pale curve rises along the lower edge beneath amber and rust, making the brightest colour gather at their boundary.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Blue over Ochre
Deep blue opens above a band of ochre, while a low dark contour and softened reflections give the vertical frame depth.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
Lone Palm
A slender palm and a small crescent punctuate a broad sky, while scattered pools carry its pink into the grass.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
Ridge, Open Sky
Snow-bright ridges form a jagged lower edge beneath a dark field of stars and a soft horizontal cloud band.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
The Far Bank
Bare trunks rise through brown-toned water, their softened outlines set against a dark bank that dips toward the centre.
Guide price $3,500
Other studies
Ochre Spires
Dark, tapering forms extend into an ochre field, with softened edges that leave their identity suspended between shape and suggestion.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
The Veil
Pale cliff faces emerge above a dark wooded slope, crossed by a translucent band that softens the rock's vertical divisions.
Guide price $4,000
City & architecture
Receding Columns
Columns, carved capitals and arched openings repeat across an oblique façade, with pale edges separating the stone from deep recesses.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
Above the Cloud
A wooded ridge projects into pale cloud, its textured green slope meeting a nearly featureless expanse beneath a deep teal sky.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
Palm at the Horizon
A palm and crescent sit above waterlogged grasses, where blue reflections and a narrow warm horizon divide the open landscape.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
Crossing Lines
Loose trails of light crisscross a bridge and surrounding towers, making the built skyline and luminous marks compete for attention.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Arcade under Cloud
Rows of arches climb diagonally beneath a broad cloud, their dense repetition contrasting with the sky's large, loosely defined forms.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Sun at the Treeline
A bright partial sun meets the dark treeline beneath heavy cloud, concentrating the photograph's light within a narrow orange interval.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
Mooring Lines — Pale Sky
Uneven mooring posts interrupt green water and a distant waterfront, while a pale sky leaves the vertical forms unusually exposed.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
Square and Bell Tower
A clocked bell tower and domed church face an open paved square, with café tables and figures gathered at its edges.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
City in Reflection
A curved reflective surface bends the skyline and paving into a single broad form, set against an almost white sky.
Guide price $3,500
Other studies
Private Viewing Selection
Figure in Stone
Directional light models a bearded stone figure, picking out torso and drapery against the deep recesses of its architectural setting.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
Arches beneath Cloud
An arched stone wall curves across the lower frame beneath dark cloud, with pale openings revealing the sky through its mass.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
Mooring Lines — Cloud Study
Mooring posts divide a layered view of green water, waterfront buildings and textured cloud, with boats close to either edge.
Guide price $3,500
Land & water
Valley of Cloud
Golden slopes and dark woodland descend toward a cloud-filled opening, beneath a tall expanse of blue that magnifies the valley's depth.
Guide price $3,500
City & architecture
The Gondolier
Seen from behind, a gondolier guides his boat past shuttered windows, his long oar crossing the broken reflections.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Orange above Blue
A broad orange field meets layered blues across a dark horizontal seam, with softened bands carrying colour from edge to edge.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Cloud and Counterpart
A pink cloud and its reflection face one another across a low green shoreline, with small ripples interrupting the apparent symmetry.
Guide price $3,500
Sky & colour
Blue and Rose, Horizon Study
Blue, rose and pale gold form broad horizontal bands, divided by a fine dark horizon with tiny points of light.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Band Two
Warm amber bands drift across a dark field, their edges soft enough to meet without a firm boundary.
Price on request
Other studies
Private Viewing Selection
Bark
Small white marks scatter across a dark, uneven surface.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Beam
A pale blue-violet wedge meets a low horizontal line, spreading between two darker fields.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Chevron
The corner of a building rises to a point against an empty pale sky.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Grey Horizon
A dark horizon divides broad movements of grey.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Grid
A gridded facade climbs diagonally through the square, leaving a broad triangle of unbroken sky.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Lit Diagonal
Bright windows step across a facade that nearly disappears into black.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Distant Range
Dark ridges overlap beneath a muted, warm-grey sky.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Oblique Light
Amber and orange streaks move diagonally across a deep brown field.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Cactus, Open Sky
A dark cactus rises against a broad, cool-grey sky.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
River Bend
A blue-grey river curves around a broad mass of layered rock.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
River and Stone
Deep blue water passes beneath a dark, layered wall of rock.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
River Passage
A pale river turns through dark rock in a broad, winding passage.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Strata and Scrub
Bands of rock descend towards a dense slope of scrub.
Price on request
Other studies
Private Viewing Selection
Bison, Head Study
Curved horns rise above dense ochre-brown fur, while a lowered eye becomes a quiet point of attention.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Stone Towers
Two large rock forms rise against a spare grey sky.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Rock Columns
Warm orange light catches a succession of rock columns, leaving deep recesses between them.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Light on Stone
A high rock face catches the light beneath a dark, nearly empty sky.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Raised Shelter
A small raised structure rests on a slender, leaning support above low scrub.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Ridgelines
Overlapping ridges recede from a dark foreground towards a pale sky.
Price on request
Other studies
Private Viewing Selection
White Grasses
Pale stems run through the square in a dense weave of mostly vertical lines.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
White Sail
A small white sail rises above dark water, set beneath a wide, nearly empty sky.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Two Approaches
Two aircraft occupy very different parts of an open sky: one clearly defined, the other almost lost against the low cloud.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Wind on the Dune
Fine ridges run across a rising dune, while a deep hollow gathers shadow below the crest.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
One World Trade, Night
One World Trade Center rises through a field of clouds, its lit windows making a fine grid against the sky.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Saguaro in Shadow
Two cactus silhouettes stand at different distances beneath fine diagonal lines of light.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Butte
A broad rock formation rises beside a narrower pinnacle, both carried by shelves of stone and scattered trees.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Saguaros and Range
Cactus forms rise out of the foreground while successive mountain profiles become paler in the distance.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Dark Trunks
Tree trunks hold their vertical positions while the surrounding foliage dissolves into streaks and veils.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Palazzo, Venice
Shutters, arches and small balconies build a dense rhythm above the canal.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Arches in Motion
Repeated arches cross the square on a diagonal, their pale stone pulled into soft streaks around deep openings.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Galleria, Night
Rows of lights draw the eye toward a central arch, while their reflections stretch across the patterned floor.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Cloud Mirror
A single cloud and its reflection face each other across a low strip of shore.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Beached Boat
A weathered wooden boat rests where the sloping beach meets a small breaking wave.
Price on request
Sky & colour
Private Viewing Selection
Light Writing
A narrow tangle of light crosses a broad dark field.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Stars and Peaks
Snow-covered peaks rise beneath a sky scattered with small points of light.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Lake, Long Exposure
A low shoreline passes through a softly blurred field, with trees and their reflections forming darker vertical marks.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Above the Cloud Sea
A wooded slope descends into a broad bank of cloud.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Still Boat
A wooden boat rests within a pale expanse of water and mist, its curved hull answered by a dark reflection.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Bright Ridge
A bright rock ridge stands against an almost black sky.
Price on request
Land & water
Private Viewing Selection
Frost and Stars
Pale trees rise into a dense field of small lights.
Price on request
City & architecture
Private Viewing Selection
Far City
A distant skyline rises above a dark wooded ridge.
Price on request
A closer look
View the collection with the artist.
Arrange a one-to-one call to discuss the photographs, a particular space, or the work you are considering.