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Francesca Tamse is a Phillippine-American Photographer and Artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

She received her MA from the Royal College of Art, UK, and BFA at The School of Visual Arts in NYC.

Her clients include The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and SF Chonicle. Full CV upon request.

  • I am an artist and photographer living in California. Fun, colorful, and thoughtful images are what I am passionate about.

    I started taking my Canon-AE1 to gigs in SF during the MySpace and Flickr era. Let us not forget the club photography era, photos at Popscene-SF. In New York, I worked as a frequent contributor to XLR8R magazine, taking photos and documenting shows, meeting amazing DJs, Producers, and artists.

    As a fond New York experience, I was immersed in photobooks and zine making in NYC during 2010-2013. I was obsessed with collecting and selling photobooks, organizing zine fairs, and everything in between working with 8-Ball Zines (now, 8-Ball community).

    I lived and studied in London, a city with a warm place in my heart. You can find my interdisciplinary works in my Archive. They consist of collages and playful modes of installation.

    Some fun stuff in the past was being shortlisted for the Unseen Book Dummy Award and work featured in Vogue Italia, 1Granary, and Dear Dave Magazine.