About

Francis Minien (b.1977) (he/him) is a British born visual artist based in Brooklyn, New York. An Associate of Britain’s Royal Photographic Society, he holds a Masters degree in Photography and a Bachelors in History and Media Studies, both from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom. And it is primarily these disciplines that informs his artistic practice today.

A mid-career artist, Minien is a journeyman photographer, he is passionate about photography; photography as a visual art and form of communication, but he does not allow himself to be branded as a ‘type’ of photographer or to adhere to strict rules of the genres, or to a specific genre, he follows what interests him or catches his eye.

In practice, his work is a reaction to the world around him, his approach has depended on the feeling and the intent for being in a specific place. Often working on multiple projects of ideas at any one time, focus, to Minien, is many projects being worked on for long periods of time.