Guillermo Franco
Guillermo Franco (Argentina, 1967) studied Communicational Sciences at the National University of Córdoba and Photography at the School of Applied Arts Lino Enea Spilimbergo and in the local branch of the Argentinean School of Photography. He is one of the founders (and the programmer of its Sala Mayor from 2000 to the present) of the Hugo del Carril Municipal Cineclub, and writer/editor of the Metropolis magazine and Tell me you love me, Cineclub! Magazine.
He has been teaching a Film Course, “The cinema we don’t see and we owe us” at Aula Universitaria (Senior Citizens Programme) in Blas Pascal University since 2006. From 2012 to 2020, he coordinated the Cinema and Photography cycle at the CEF (Center for Photographic Studies). In 2021, he inaugurated GF / Galería Fotográfica (Independencia 180, Córdoba, Argentina), a space where, among others, Natalia Roca, Dulce Delía, Gabiota San Martín, Adolfo Rovelli, Rogelio Berardo, Carles Canals Masats, Maxi Vernazza and Juan Travnik have exhibited their works.
In 2023, he presented THERE MY LITTLE EYES (book published by Viento de Fondo publishing house). In 2023, he also presented THE IMAGE SHOWS WHAT IS MISSING, THE WORD NAMES WHAT WAS (Portraits made in studios in Córdoba from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Collection of the Photographic Gallery). In 2024, he presented WITH ALL THE ILLUSIONS OF MY REAL LIFE. He is also the author of the cloudgraphs entitled ABOUT US ONLY SKY.
The Prank
Guillermo Franco has a great ability, almost childish, to surprise and be surprised. Due to the funny or ironic content of the anecdote, he quickly shots smiling circumstances for the crazy meeting that come up spontaneously on a daily basis. His work reveals itself as naively provoking. He releases the restless small boy who keeps inside of him, and he links this way of working with close watching and a playing idea. The game of showing a fleeting idea, that idea those distracted cannot see, that idea people busy with “the important daily things” do not perceive.
His exploration also has another point of contact with the great masters of the genre: the conviction that by only being extremely constant and with many hours of field work, a good shot can be taken. This perseverance does not cast a shadow; on the contrary, it is the joy of every finding, every attempt, every shot. With an always curious and careful look, the wander took him to crystallize pictures, parts of the human being condition, odds and ends of existence, cuts full of joy, of subtlety and love. (Juan Travnik)
Book:
2023 There my Little Eyes
Exhibitions:
2016 Palacio Dionisi (Córdoba, Argentina)
2016 Buenos Aires Photo (Argentina)
2017 Paraty em Foco (Brasil)
2018 Auditorium, Mar del Plata (Argentina)
2018 Festival Valparaíso FIFV (Chile)
2018 Parque Prado, Montevideo (Uruguay)
2018 Alianza Francesa (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2019 Teatro Municipal (Lima, Perú)
2020 Casa Diego Rivera (Puerto Montt, Chile)
2021 BFoto (Barbastro, España)
2023 Fine Art Igualada (España)
2023 Kolga Tbilisi Photo (Georgia)
2023 Festival Photographie Urbaine (Rennes, France)
2023 Temps d’Expo (Pézenas, France)
2023 Zrno (Skopje, Macedonia)
2023 ArtexArte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2024 Galería EPM (Medellín, Colombia)
2024 Museu Mediterrània (Torroella de Montgrí, España)
2024 iNstantes (Avintes, Portugal)
2025 FOCUS José Ignacio (Uruguay)
2025 Centre Cívic Joan Triadú (Vic, España)
2025 Galería Lumière (Toluca, México)
