Born in Perugia, Montecucco graduated as a technician in mechanical engineering and received his three-year degree as a CAD designer. Enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture in Florence, he abandoned his studies to work as a jewelry designer and pursue his piano studies. A lover of all art forms, being a reserved man and little inclined to being observed, he had been taking photographs, for just a few years, when he realized that photography permitted him to express something strongly personal.