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About — Franck Bohbot
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Franck Bohbot

Photographer & Filmmaker

My work is driven by the desire to preserve places with a story — spaces that hold the traces of time, identity, and human presence. I photograph what defines our present and hints at our future, from architecture and craftsmanship to everyday scenes of life. My approach is characterized by a strong cinematic dimension, shaped by meticulous attention to lighting, atmosphere, and composition. Guided by a singular sense of color and harmony, I collect the world as I see it — becoming both its observer and its archivist, an eternal tourist wandering through memory and light.

  • 1980 Born in Longjumeau, a suburb of Paris, France.
  • 2008 Begins career in photography after working in event production. Initially photographs movie sets in Paris, discovering the work of Julius Shulman, whose architectural vision profoundly influences his own.
  • 2010 – 2013 Develops early series including Swimming Pool (Paris), Libraries, and Theaters, gaining recognition for their cinematic stillness and architectural precision. Early features appear in Vogue and The Huffington Post.
  • 2013 – 2019 Lives and works in New York City. Collaborates with The New York Times, New York Magazine, National Geographic, and other major publications. Produces iconic series such as Light on NYC, Cuts, and Chinatown, praised for their filmic atmosphere and symmetry. Commissioned by the Louvre Museum to photograph its interiors. Contributes to Brooklyn Photographs Now (Rizzoli, 2018). Work appears in Wired, CNN International, Architectural Digest, and The Financial Times.
  • 2015 Collaborates with British designer Paul Smith, exhibiting Swimming Pool in Tokyo. The project leads to limited-edition Paul Smith items inspired by his photographs. Featured in Phaidon, Designboom, and National Geographic.
  • 2015 – 2018 Expands into environmental portraiture with I Am an Actor and We Are NY Indie Booksellers (The Guardian), reflecting his ongoing fascination with storytelling, community, and identity. Published in The Guardian, It's Nice That, Les Inrockuptibles, and Der Spiegel.
  • 2016 Publication of Light on New York City (teNeues). Coverage in Bloomberg, TIME Magazine, and Architectural Digest.
  • 2018 – 2023 Lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Creates LA Confidential, Angels, and Back to the Arcades, exploring the layered identities of Southern California and its nostalgic dreamscapes. Back to the Arcades published by Setanta (2023). Featured in LA Times, WWD, Vogue Hong Kong, and Vanity Fair.
  • 2021 Invited by Leica and Dubai Culture to photograph Dubai through his cinematic lens. Profiled by Creative Boom and El País.
  • 2023 – 2024 Returns to Paris. Collaborates with Iris Van Herpen, Maison Sarah Lavoine, Maison Castel, and Le Bristol. Contributes to L'Officiel, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Designboom, W Magazine, and Harvard Business Review. Work featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, Nylon Magazine, and Leica LFI.
  • 2025 Featured in Beaux Arts, AD Italia, Designboom, Financial Times, Forbes, AD Magazine, and Vie de Luxe, reinforcing his position at the intersection of art, design, and culture.
  • 2024 – Present Lives and works between California and Paris. Currently revisiting earlier series — Swimming Pool, House of Books — while pursuing new projects exploring youth culture, spaces of play, and urban life.
  • 2026
    Centre Culturel du Manoir
    Cologny, Switzerland
  • 2026
    PLATEFORME 10
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2026
    JetBlue Lounge, JFK
    New York, USA
  • 2025
    La Hune Saint-Germain
    Paris, France
  • 2024
    Maison Sarah Lavoine, Paris Design Week
    Paris, France
  • 2023
    PAN Amsterdam
    Netherlands
  • 2023
    Photo London
    United Kingdom
  • 2022
    Art Madrid
    Spain
  • 2021
    London Art Fair
    United Kingdom
  • 2020
    Photoville
    Brooklyn, NY, USA
  • 2019
    London Art Fair
    United Kingdom
  • 2018
    Journées Européennes des Métiers d'Art, Yellow Korner
    France
  • 2018
    La Hune Saint-Germain
    Paris, France
  • 2017
    Behance Pop-Up Gallery, Red Bull Arts
    New York, USA
  • 2016
    C40 Mayors Summit, Lucie Foundation
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • 2015
    Swimming Pool, Paul Smith Gallery
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 2015
    New York Stories, United Photo Industries
    Manhattan, NY, USA
  • 2015
    The Net, German Museum of Technology
    Berlin, Germany
  • 2015
    Centre d'art contemporain André-Malraux
    Colmar, France
  • 2014
    PROOF Auction & Exhibition, Sundaram Tagore Gallery
    New York, NY, USA
  • 2014
    Affordable Art Fair, Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery
    London, UK
  • 2014
    ASMP at AIA
    Chicago, IL, USA
  • 2014
    The Colours of Architecture, La Chambre
    Strasbourg, France
  • 2013
    Winner IPA, MOPLA
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • 2012
    International Photography Annual, Manifest Gallery
    Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • 2012
    Urban Photo Winners, Paris City Hall XIIème
    Paris, France
  • 2012
    Récit de gare, Maison de l'Architecture
    Paris, France
  • 2012
    Rendez-vous Image, Palais des Congrès
    Strasbourg, France
  • 2017
    1st Place, Golden — ND Awards
  • 2014
    1st Place, Architectural Photography
    Archifoto International Awards — Chinatown
  • 2014
    2nd Place
    Moscow Photo Awards — Cinema
  • 2014
    2× Honorable Mention
    International Photo Awards, Los Angeles — Chinatown & Cinema
  • 2014
    Third Prize
    PX3 Paris Photography Prize — This Game We Play
  • 2013
    1st Place
    International Photo Awards, Los Angeles — Swimming Pool
2023
Back to The Arcade
Setanta Books
ISBN 978-1-915652-04-1
2016
Light On New York City
teNeues
ISBN 978-3-8327-3443-5
2014
New York On & Off
Yellow Korner
ISBN 978-2-919469-45-1
2014
Last Stop Coney Island
Self-published
ISBN 978-1320230506

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