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Selected Clients
American Express , Anglo Management, ASDA, Attenborough Centre For The Creative Arts, Counter Terrorism Police, Festival Republic, Live Nation, Overland Shoes, Premier Inn, Samsung, Southbank Centre,The Roundhouse, Total Jobs
Victor Frankowski has a background in photography and sociology, having earned his bachelor's at University of Sydney College of the Arts in Australia. After an extended break from education, he obtained a MA in Photography and Urban Cultures from Goldsmith University of London. Victor is a member of the International Visual Sociology Association and The Urban Photographers Association.
Working commercially in the UK since 2007, Victor now splits his time between UK and Australia. In 2011 he established his creative content studio Hello Content which focuses on short form digital content specialising in photography and film. Since 2020 he has been working with chef Douglas McMaster on the digital channel Zero Waste Cooking School.
His style takes influence from years working across different sectors of the creative industry and his childhood growing up in the 80’s and 90’s. His long term addiction to music, popular culture and finding joy in connecting with people.
Victor is a CAA commercially certified and licensed drone pilot with GVC and A2 C of C accreditation.
He lives on the coast, in sunny Brighton, with his family and cat. Enjoying cold water swimming, yoga and a slight obsession with comics, Lego and ball sports.
Exhibitions:
Group Shows:
2020 - December - Photostart, ACP Project Space, Sydney
2017 - November - Urban Condition, Urban Photo Fest, London
2017 - October - Print Swap Exhibition, Printspace, London
2017 June - International Visual Sociology Association Conference - Urban Arctic: Kirkenes, Montreal
2017 - May - Visual Exhibition at Congress, Ryerson University, Toronto
2017 May - I.P.F Photography Prize, House of Vans, London
2016 November - Imprint of Space, Urban Photo Fest, London
2016 March - Urban Pause, Laurie Grove Baths, London
2014 May - Muse, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013 November - LuminArte Presents, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013 September - Adventure and the Ocean, Harbour City, Hong Kong
2011 March – BAMM – A retrospective, Blackall Studios, London
2007 May – The Wall Young Artists, Bar Cleveland, Sydney
2007 March- Purple Sneakers Hits the Wall, Bar Cleveland, Sydney
2007 March – Purple Sneakers Social Photography Exhibition, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
2006 July – Dreams and Other Obscurities, Newspace Gallery, Sydney
2005 November – Sydney Collage of the Arts Degree Show, Sydney
2005 August – Forwards, Newspace Gallery, Sydney
2005 June – Outsiders Exhibition, Malmo, Sweden
Solo Shows
2017 November - Urban Arctic: Kirkenes and Industrial Postcards - Terminal B,
Kirkenes, Norway
2012 March - Printed, Luminarte Gallery, Dallas
2011 December – London Coffee Book, 18 Hewett St, London
2010 September – Party and Bullshit, Tapped and Packed, London
2007 April – Vic Hits the Wall, Bar Cleveland, Sydney
2006 October– Abstraction of Berlin/Drawn City, Exit Gallery, Sydney
Awards and Residencies
2023 Winner Event Photography Awards - Music Events Performers
2018 The Jon Reiger Award - Exceptional Graduate Work in Visual Sociology
2017 The Calotte Academy (Travel Scholarship)
2017 BAR International (A.i.R) , Kirkenes, Norway
2005 Zelda Stedman Young Artist Award (Travel Scholarship)
Conference Presentations
2017 The International Congress of Arctic Social Science, Umea - Urban Arctic: Kirkenes
2017 The Calotte Academy - Urban Arctic Visual Survey Part 1: Kirkenes
2017 International Visual Sociologist Association, Montreal - Visually Framing Atypical Settlement: Kirkenes
2016 International Visual Sociologist Association, Lillehammer - Visual Survey of Urban Arctic Development
Workshops Co-ordination
2022/2023 - The Lost Session/ BIMM Brighton - Student Mentorship
2022/2023 - BIMM Brighton/The Great Escape Internship Co-ordinator
2018 - 2021 - Australian Centre for Photography - Digital Content and Flat Lay Photography Course Lecturer.
2017 Digital Content Production - East Sussex University
2016 Festival Photography Workshop - Goldsmith College, University of London
2015 Festival Content Creation - Reading University