Franz Alias | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Intrigued by the art of photography, Franz dabbled in analogue photography in his youth. Self-taught in the practice of photograph development and colour proofing, he went on to pursue formal training in the audiovisual domain. After his studies, he worked in the film industry as a projectionist for the better part of twenty years. Franz also nurtured the wordsmith in him by writing poems, short stories, plays and novels. Having returned to his tool of choice during the last few years, Franz is venturing into cameras from the 50s and the 60s this time around. He couples them with vintage analogue films with the intention of breathing new life into them and reliving old times. His pictorial work will be an extension of his photography: he will use paint to complete and reinforce the ephemeral and incomplete nature of the images produced by him.