Kerry Center Shanghai Architecture Photography
This month, I was assigned by KPF ( Kohn Pedersen Fox ) to photograph the finished project of the new Kerry Center + Shangri La in downtown Shanghai. The project is an interesting addition of cubes and grids. It was quite interesting to photograph.
The photos can be viewed directly on KPF official website:
If you need architecture photography services in China please contact me directly by email or through our agency : http://www.propagandastudio.asia/
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:
Portraits | Dan Shapiro | Shanghai 2012
In the middle of 2012 - My friend & musician Dan Shapiro ask me to take a few portraits of him at various stages of its moustache treaming. We met regularly for a month shooting in my apartment with a simple set up and my hasselblad on a few rolls of films. A year passed since then and I finally took the time to look at those films and sharing the photos here .
Dan Shapiro | Portrait in Shanghai
Dan Shapiro | Portrait in Shanghai
Dan Shapiro | Portrait in Shanghai
Green Underground | Chongqing
More from my chongqing work - Since everywhere, the city seems to grow vertically above former mountains, rivers and farm lands. I wanted to have a look beneath the city, below bridges, highways and other urban structure. This led me to some extraordinary places where the nature was claiming back its territory in the city's underground. Here a few images, to be continued.
chongqing | underground nature
chongqing | underground nature
chongqing | underground nature
Architecture Photographer China
With the release of my book "Made by Chinese" covering modern architecture in China, I have just updated my architecture in China gallery . Here below are some of the photos I have shot during this project and that I have included in my personal portfolio.
Tim Franco is a shanghai architecture photographer available for commercial assignment in China . Please contact him directly timfranco@gmail.com | +86 135 858 150 11
Chongqing - Mega Urbanisation
As I was back in Chongqing for a special assignment on urban farming, I also continued working on some images of this incredible megapolis. From construction site to amusement park and a view of the city at dusk.
Chongqing Chaotianmen at dusk
Man vs the city | New Development zone of Jiangbei distrcit in Chongqing
A couple enjoying a ride in the Foreign Street Amusement park in Chongqing
A giant housing development construction site in the new district of Jiangbei in Chongqing
Young migrant workers near their houses in the new development district of jiangbei in Chongqing
Little punk portrait in Beijing
Little Punk in a hutong in Gulou district | Beijing
A few weeks ago, my old shanghai friend ask me if I could do some portraits of her for the release of her upcoming Vinyl LP . Since I was passing by through the capital, I ve spent an hour around her hour and on her rooftop taking photographs of her. I am looking forward to hear the music and if you never heard her voice, I highly recommend you to listen her former band, Boys Climbing Ropes.
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
Jiang Qiong Er | Portrait in Shanghai for Le Monde
Sang Xia is a new Chinese Luxury brand reporting to Hermes. Jiang Qiong Er, Shang Xia's CEO started as a window designer for Hermes and is now opening her first shop outside China in the center of Paris. I went to her private showroom last week to take a couple of portraits for an article in Le Monde to be published soon. The place was neat and simple, with a tea room where walls were made of dry tea leaves.
Published in 10th of september in Le Monde
Venice Beach
This summer, I spent some time on the US west coast, especially shooting portraits on Venice Beach. The diversity of the people strolling around the walkway amazed me and I wanted to capture that with my old rolleiflex. Unfortunately, the shutter broke and only the first photo of each roll came out. Here are 3 of the 4 photos that came out from those 4 rolls shot on the beach.
Venice Beach Dancing Girl
Venice Beach Skatepark
Venice Beach Sunset
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
new york | subway acrobats
While commuting between Manhattan and Brooklyn on the L train, you might come across Kaheen and his group of acrobatic dancer. Almost everyday, they come from Brooklyn and Queens and ride the L train between Union Square and Bedford. " This is where people give the most ! On good days we make about a 100 dollars " say Kaheen. Their performance take train in the middle of the commuter - using train bars and handles, each of the group member dance to the rhythm of the music making impressive acrobatic moves. Here is a few photos taken during one afternoon commuting together with them.
Photos by Tim Franco
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
