I'm a professional photographer and Contributing Photographer for Getty Images. When I am not taking photos, I am an experienced educator, researcher, and senior interdisciplinary innovation and design leader. My research and practice areas are highly focused on innovation, design + development practice, education, and social justice - how we consider vulnerabilities of the societies we design and build products for, and how we train and educate practitioners in these fields to be more inclusive and aware and to incorporate best practices for social justice, human rights, dignity in their practice.
In the public sector, I have over 20 years of experience in various design leadership roles from Head of UX Design and Director of Product to Founder where I have worked with Fortune 500 companies, publicly traded companies, private companies, startups, educational companies, and nonprofits and played a role in both leading and building multi-disciplinary teams to deliver simplified, elegant, value-driven innovative experiences for highly complex problems with diverse scopes. I utilize a human-centered design approach to thoroughly examine and address societal issues, working towards the promotion of social and design justice. You can learn more about my teaching, design and research here.
My photography work has been published by:
ESPN
Meredith
Forbes
Red Bull
Gap
Save The Children
Microsoft, Huffington Post
Herst
CVS
Time Inc.
Viacom
Sharp
iHeart Media
Conde Nast
Universal
ABC News
Marriott Hotels
GlaxoSmith Kline
Deloitte
About.com
US Army
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NBC Universal
Care.com
Wunderman
Radio France
Spark Networks
Cambridge University
The Knot
Yahoo Entertainment
Vitas Health Care
Ogilvy
Love To Know
CBS Television
The Bravo Group
American City Business Journal
Fatherly /IR Media Ventures C.
Peak Media Properties
Atlanta Magazine
Vayner Media
Roularta Media Group
Reach Publishing
BDG Media
Nexstar Broadcasting Inc. Trib
Ziff Davis LLC
Core Digital Media
Wow Media, Lamar Media Corporation
5280 Publishing
Buzzfeed
National CineMedia, LLC, Department of Defense
TI Media
Mediahuis
among others.
I hope you enjoy the photos on the site. Please get in touch to discuss your project.
-Fran