About Tim Franco Seoul based photographer

SHANGHAI | SEOUL

Tim Franco is a French-Polish photographer whose work focuses on individuals navigating identity, transformation, and displacement, often within the context of shifting urban or political landscapes. His long-term projects explore the human stories behind geopolitical and societal change across Asia.

He has been collaborating - amongst others - with Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, National Geographic, Le Monde, Geo and worked on commercial assignment for Chanel, Apple, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Accor Hotels and many others...

Shows:

+ BBA Gallery in Berlin - Prize Exhibition - UNperson 2022
+ Singapore Photography Festival - Unperson 2022
+ The Reference Gallery in Seoul - Duo Exhibition - Unperson 2022
+ Albert Khan Museum - Laureate Exhibition - Unperson 2022
+ Sete Train Station - Unperson 2022 / 2023
+ Cortona on the move Italy - Unperson 2021
+ Culturann Mcadam Ó Fiaich Belfast - Unperson 2021
+ PIPFF Pyeonchang South Korea - Unperson 2021
+ Format Festival Derby [online] - Unperson 2021
+ National Portrait Gallery London - Taylor Wessing Group Show 2020
+ Technische Sammlungen Dresden - Award Group Show Illicit Ink 2020
+ ILHAM Gallery Kuala Lumpur - Award Group Show Illicit Ink 2020
+ Goethe Institute Jakarta - Group Show Festival Unperson 2019
+ Maison de la Photographie de Lille - Group Show Metamorpolis 2019
+ Museum of National Archive of Paris - Group Show Metamorpolis 2019
+ Warsaw Photo Days - Award Group Show Unperson - 2018
+ Kuala Lumpur - Award Group Show Unperson - 2018
+ Chongqing Museum of Art - Group Show - 2018
+ Abbaye de l'Epau - Group Show Metamorpolis - 2018
+ Museum of Photography of Bievre - Permanent Collection Metamorpolis
+ Blank Gallery in Athens - Group Landscape Exhibition Arctic Surfers - 2017
+ Centre André Labarrère in Pau - Solo Show Crude Gentrification - 2017
+ Passage Sainte-Croix in Nantes - Solo Show Metamorpolis - 2017
+ Maison de la Chine in Paris - Solo Show Metamorpolis - 2017
+ Finish Museum of Photography in Helsinki - Groupe Show - Metamorpolis - 2017
+ Gare de L'Est in Paris - Hors les Murs Outdoor exhibition - Festival Circulation(s) - 2017
+ P46 Camogli - Solo Show Metamorpolis - 2016
+ CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux - Group Show - Constellation.s - 2016
+ Gallerie Gare Saint Sauveur - Groupe Show - Pour une poignee de degree - 2016
+ Gallerie Duo in Paris- Metamorpolis Show with Patrick Wack - TWICE #04 - 2016
+ Les Bains Revelateurs - Groupe Show - Pour une poignee de degree - 2015
+ Carte Blanche Gallery San Francisco | Urban Shift - 2011
+ Zurich Design Museum | Group Exhibition "High Rises" - 2011
+ YY Underground | Shanghai Soundbites Book Launch - 2008

Awards:

+ 2022 BBA Gallery Photography Prize, 3rd place - Unperson
+ 2022 Albert Kahn Museum Rencontre Photographique Laureate - Unperson
+ 2021 IPE Award from the Royal Photographic Society - Unperson
+ 2021 Hellerau Portrait 2nd Prize - Unperson
+ 2020 New Vision Award 2020 - Unperson
+ 2020 Taylor Wessing Prize Finalist - Unperson
+ 2020 Meitar Award Finalist - Unperson
+ 2020 Finalist | Lens Culture Portrait Award - Unperson
+ 2019 second prize | Independent Photographer - People for Illicit ink
+ 2019 Photographer of the Year | Dohdo for Illicit ink
+ 2019 First Place Winner Minimalist Portrait Awards for Illicit Ink
+ 2018 Second Prize of Kuala Lumpur Portrait awards series for Unperson
+ 2018 Finalist Single Shot Fotografia Etica for Unperson
+ 2018 Jury Selection Boutographies for Unperson
+ 2016 Official Selection Alres Book Awards for Metamorpolis
+ 2016 Lens Culture Portrait Award Finalist
+ 2016 Finalist AFD Best Photography Documentary 2015
+ 2015 Book Award Rendez Vous Images for Metarmorpolis
+ 2013 NX Pass Grand Prize
+ 2013 Flash Forward | Magenta Festival Award
+ 2012 Samsung NX Programm

Lectures:

+ Strelka Institute Moscow - Metamorpolis Rise of a Chinese City [ video in English & Russian here ] - 2018
+ Asia Society New York - Metamorpolis Book Launch - 2015