Brian C. Frank photography

07/02/2026

After years of working in photojournalism, started making images just for the beauty of it.

03/11/2025

Henri Bontenbal, leader of the Christen-Democratisch Appèl (Christian Democratic Appeal) party speaks to party supporters during a watch party on Election Day in The Hague, Netherlands on October 29, 2025. Brian C. Frank/Alto Press

Bontenbal’s message of decency, stability and trust has resonated with voters who soured on the PVV party following the collapse of the government earlier this year. The CDA picked up 13 seats, positioning it to be part of a coalition government.

15/10/2025

Conservative YouTube star called “Bender” interview attendees at the anti-immigration rally on Museumplein Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 12, 2025.

Anti-immigration protesters gathered in the Museumplein area and march through the Amsterdam city center. Organized by Nederland in Opstand and lead through the streets by Martinus (Tinus) Koops, the crown chanted anti-muslim and asylum slogans and often stopping along the route to respond to onlookers who disagreed with their rally. Brian C Frank/ Alto Press

12/10/2025

Anti-immigration protesters gathered in the Museumplein area and march through the Amsterdam city center. Organized by Nederland in Opstand and lead through the streets by Martinus (Tinus) Koops, the crown chanted anti-muslim and asylum slogans and often stopping along the route to respond to onlookers who disagreed with their rally.

There were many copies of the prinsenflag (orange/white/blue), now associated with far-right activists and previously used by a pro-Nazi group around World War II.

Although police estimated the crowd at 3,000, other estimates put the number much lower, between 1000 and 1500. Over the course of the afternoon I was threatened and shoved multiple times by people who did not want media there.

Museumplein Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 12, 2025. Brian C Frank/ Alto Press

07/09/2025

Digging through some old photos from when I was still learning, covering a group of missionaries from West Des Moines, Iowa that traveled to Ghana. It brings back the memories of such wonderful people in that beautiful country. The first two images haven’t been seen in years.

It also reminds me of earnest nativity of the missionaries and the regret I have for not challenging them more on how they conducted themselves. Although their heart was undoubtedly in the right place, their actions were disturbing.

One of the things they did was set up single-day medical clinics in small villages around Ho. Many of these people had never seen a doctor before. While they waited in line, those seeking treatment were given sermons from the Bible. Nobody was told they didn’t have to listen, so the implied message was that it was required in order to receive care. Some were given performative exorcisms for back pains and were given baptisms without fully appreciating what that meant.

Overall, the missionaries did good work and left a net-positive, but I cannot stop thinking about how I would have responded now, with a little more seasoning and a little less concern about what others might think of me.

29/08/2025

I can’t believe that it has been 20 years since hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I watched as the devastating images came, the crazy (false) stories of violence in the Superdome where so many took refuge. As the news slowed, I, like many others in the country assumed the city was on its way back. When I learned of the continued struggles I became angry. I was still a photography student, but I grabbed my camera and headed down. Here are a few of my images from that trip on the first anniversary of Katrina, and from my return trip a little over a year later.

I’m the weeks and months that followed, the depth at which America failed this unique city became clearer. The Vice President’s former company Halliburton was paid millions in consulting fees to devise an evacuation plan for a hurricane and produced one that said people should get in their cars and drive away, ignoring that a huge percentage of people there do not have cars. Residents were told the levees would hold until it was too late for people to leave.

The failures didn’t end there. FEMA was headed by an unqualified friend of the president, their response was very slow, and the FEMA trailers poisoned the occupants because they weren’t built to withstand the weather conditions. Residents were lambasted for “looting” before the storm, when they were trying to find things to barter in exchange for rides out of the city. Residents weren’t allowed to return to undamaged public housing because that land was now deemed too valuable and was to be sold off to private developers. And of course we cannot forget the city’s famously rampant corruption. Police and city officials have long been lining their pockets to the detriment of those they should be serving.

Of course this hurricane was going to cause a massive amount of damage as a category five storm, but make no mistake, this was a man made disaster. Almost 2,000 people died, many didn’t have to.

Today I’ll be thinking of that beautiful city and the wonderful people I met there.

11/08/2025

Never underestimate the joy in accidental discovery. Walking along a bike path behind the dunes of Zandvoort beach, I was playing around shooting the dunes and sky before heading towards home and came up with this layered effect.

01/08/2025

The light at Zandvoort wasn’t quite what I was hoping for, but still ended up with some decent images. I think these first two make a nice addition to my Dutch Colors series.

26/06/2025

A couple outtakes from the summit. Unfortunately I was locked out of a lot of stuff because it was limited to larger outlets.

Security at the NATO Summit 2025 at The World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands on June 24, 2025. Brian C Frank/Alto Press

14/06/2025

Scenes from a “No Tyrant” protest by the U.S. Consulate General building in Amsterdam, Netherlands on June 14, 2025.

Around 100 people gathered to protest Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies. Organized by American volunteers, the protest coincides with the planned military parade and U.S. President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, as well as hundreds of rallies and protests planned around the United States. Brian C Frank/Alto Press

08/06/2025

Fine art and conceptual photography merges shooting with meticulous editing, where photographers pre-visualize images to shape narratives, ensuring cohesion between initial capture and final artwork....

Seeing the Edit: Planning Post-Production while photographing | “Fine art photography isn’t just about capturing images; it’s equally about how you shape those images afterward.”