Chongqing Project feature in 6 mois & Visa Festival
As I am spending a lot of time working on the book publication of my Chongqing Project, I had the pleasure to see the Chongqing series published in a 22 pages feature in french photographic magazine 6 mois. The series was displayed by the magazine at the Visa pour l'image festival in Perpignan. Please find
More info on the feature here:
Ghost Cities | Housing Issues for the Wall Street Journal
Tearsheet from the Property Market story on ghost cities I did for the Wall Street Journal. More to come soon. More of the photos on the Wall Street Journal site here : http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303663604579502581655880044#eos
Interview in That's
This month edition of That's Shanghai is showcasing my work with some previews of my upcoming book "Made by Chinese" published by the Enrico Navarra Gallery about Architecture throughout China.
Moving Mountains to Create Cities for the Wall Street Journal
Last month, I was assigned on a story for the Wall Street Journal to photography a city in Hubei that was looking through urban and economical expansion by removing the mountains around the city. The story was really visual and the images talk for themselves.
Wall Street Journal Press Clip | Cities in China in Drive for Land
View the gallery on the WSJ website:
Architecture in China | Made By Chinese
Made by Chinese | Available in 2014
In 2011 / 2012, I have spent about a year working with a great team of people on a book about Architecture in China. After more than a year of scanning, editing, writing, the book is finally here and it looks incredible !
Its a double volume box with a first book gathering most of the text and some of the photos and another 400 pages book gathering most of my photo work ! It is with great pleasure that I rediscover the photos. Together with journalist Frederic Edelmann and with Urbanist Jeremie Descamps, we travel most of China, from cities to country side to explore the most unique work of architecture made in China. I would like to thanks the gallery Enrico Navarra and especially Sebastien Morreu who did this project possible.
The book will be available in China first and then France and others. Publishing date and launch event will be announce through my website . Here below a few snaps from inside the book. Most of the photo have been shot in large format slides 4x5 and the real prints is really nice to look at !
Some of the work published in the book can be seen on my website here : http://www.timfranco.com/spaces/
Travel Story for M Magazine ( Le Monde )
This summer, I have worked on a special travel story for M Magazine. Shanghai viewed through the eyes of a french author. Here is the double spread in the magazine
Chinese Economy Downturn for the Wall Street Journal
As the production and export is slowly moving south towards South East Asia, lot of chinese cities who once boomed during the export rush in the 90's and 2000 are now struggling to renew their economy and to keep jobs for all its migrant workers. I went down to Yantian near Shenzhen to photograph a story for the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323527004579079543848190238.html
Feature in CAPITAL | Berlin Germany
Chongqing Vertical Communism Feather in CAPITAL
Chongqing Vertical Communism feature in CAPITAL
CAPITAL | Berlin Based Magazine did a paper on Chongqing and featured my series | Also available on their IPAD versions with more images
Han Han Portrait | Le Monde
My third portrait of Han Han for Le Monde. Han Han is blogger celebrity who also writes and races in China.
Chongqing Portfolio | Le Monde
My Chongqing Portfolio - Vertical Communism was published in Le Monde.
Chongqing | Neue Burcher Beitung
Front Page of the Neue Burcher Beitung, one of the oldest european Newspaper with my series Vertical Communism about Chongqing China
Chongqing - Bo Xilai | New York Times
We work on a story looking at the business landscapes after the destitution of Chongqing Mayor Bo Xilai.
Portrait in Shanghai | L' Express
A portrait for L' Express about a young foreign girl working in Shanghai
Foreigner in China | Newsweek
Opening photography on a piece about foreigner in China for Newsweek
Wang Shu | Pritzker 2012 Architecture | Le Monde
Wang Shu, Chinese architect won the 2012 Pritzker Price. I followed him on numerous occasion and took photograph of his project throughout China.
Mining in Mongolia
After two weeks in Mongolia exploring Ulan Bator and big mining project as Oyu Tolgoi ( Rio Tinto ) copper gold project - I came back with a full feature that I wrote and shot
