Fernell Franco: Cali Clair-Obscur, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 6 February - 5 June 2016; Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 6 July - 27 November 2016, for another print
F. Franco, D. R. Gómez, Fotografías, Editográficas, 1983, n.p.
Fernell Franco: Amarrados (Bound), Americas Society, 2009, n.p.
A. Fabry, Urbes Mutantes 1941-2012: Latin American Photography, RM/ Toluca Éditions, 2013, p. 126
A. Fabry, Fernell Franco: Cali Clair-Obscur, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain/ Toluca Éditions, 2016, pp. 95-96
Colombian • 1942 - 2006
One of Latin America’s pre-eminent photographers, Fernell Franco was a leading figure of the Cali Group (named after the city where he lived most of his life). He first encountered the urban underbelly of Colombia as a teenager while working for a photographic studio as a bike messenger. He later pursued photography in journalism and in advertising before turning to his first series Prostitutas in 1970. In 2016, a major retrospective of his work was presented at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris and Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City.
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