About / Based in Edinburgh

Places.
Power.
Perspective.

I’m Daren Frankish, a British photographer and journalist based in Edinburgh. My work explores politics, history and the built environment — and the stories they leave behind.

Daren Frankish taking a photograph
DAREN FRANKISH / BEHIND THE CAMERA
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND PHOTOGRAPHY & JOURNALISM ARCHITECTURE / HISTORY / POLITICS
01 / The story behind the lens

The architecture
of power.

My work explores how global ideologies take shape in concrete, steel and stone.

I am interested in the meeting point between politics, history and the places we build. Architecture offers a way to look at those relationships: what a society chooses to celebrate, the authority it projects and the traces it leaves for the future.

Through photography and journalism, I document these places and the stories connected to them. My work extends into photographic books and art prints, bringing those perspectives from the camera to the page and the wall.

03 / Exhibition history

Work beyond
the frame.

Selected exhibition and photography competition entries from my archive.

2013

The Story of the Creative

International exhibition · SeeMe Exhibition Space, Long Island City, New York.
25 July – 10 September 2013.

2013

Creatives Rising

SeeMe Exhibition Space, Long Island City, New York.
5 October 2013.

2014

One Life

SeeMe Exhibition Space, Long Island City, New York.
30 May 2014.

2015

5th Annual Exposure Award & Vox Populi Award

International photography competition.
Louvre Museum, Paris · 13 June 2015.

2016

6th Annual Exposure Award & Vox Populi Award

International photography competition.
June – August 2016.

Have a story in mind?

For photography, image-use enquiries or a creative conversation, get in touch.

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