Sebastiaan Franco

Sebastiaan Franco graduated from the MA Visual Arts program at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 2019 with a self-published work on Irish Traveller culture. During his studies he has worked on various assignments both in Belgium and abroad, while finishing his first long-term project on hooliganism in his city of Antwerp. After his studies he spent two years working as an interior and still-life photographer for various agencies.

In 2021, after a short break in Dublin to continue work on his Anàsha-series, he started work as an editorial photographer and editor for a Belgian production house based in Antwerp. Next to his commercial work he does freelance assignments and pursues his own documentary projects.

Prix National de Photographie. 2021

Nikon BeLux Prize. 2021

ABVV Prize Social Photography. Second place. 2019

ESPY Photo Awards finalist, 2018

Councours De La Photography. First place. 2018

Breedbeeld Fotofestival. First place. 2018

De Donkere Kamer, Brugge. First place. 2018

De Donkere Kamer, Rotterdam. First place. 2018

Brussels Street Photography Festival. Third place. 2017

The Voodoo Lounge, Dublin 2021 – Dublin Culture Night

Musée De La Photographie, Charleroi 2021 – Prix National de Photographie

Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent 2019 – 2020 Retrospective of African work

Studio 10, Dublin 2019 – Solo show at Dublin Culture Night

Ons Huis, Ghent 2019 – National prize for social photography

Elysium Galery, Swansea 2018 – ESPY Photo Awards

Galérie Du Hérisson, Paris 2018 – Concours de la Photographie

Galerie Ravenstein, Brussels 2017 – Brussels Photography Festival

Projects by Sebastiaan on Photography Chronicle

Documentary

Kayfabe

Photographer Sebastiaan Franco explores the world of European Pro Wrestling, and discovers what ‘kayfabe’ means in that sporting universe.

Documentary

Anásha

Sebastiaan Franco’s epic photo project where he spent 4 years photographing Irish Travellers.

Documentary

House of Hope

Sebastiaan Franco’s 3 month project detailing the treatment of spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Kenya.