Francis Crisafio
Photographer / Based in Pittsburgh
Francis Crisafio was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA., and studied painting and printmaking at Carnegie Mellon University. A self-taught photographer, Mr. Crisafio tends to work on long-term, narrative projects incorporating...
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About
Available in: Pittsburgh
Years of experience: More than 10
Francis Crisafio was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA., and studied painting and printmaking at Carnegie Mellon University. A self-taught photographer, Mr. Crisafio tends to work on long-term, narrative projects incorporating portraiture and issues of race, class and identity.
His work has been curated/juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Aline Smithson, Christopher Rauschenberg, Reto Thuring, Jose Diaz, Lisa Sutcliffe, Makeda Best, Malcolm Daniel, Rebecca Senf, Kathy Ryan, Peter Barberie, Marilyn Kushner, Louise Fedotov, Lesley Martin, Linda Benedict-Jones, Deborah Willis Jamie Lee Curtis and others.
Crisafio was a LensCulture Exposure Awards Finalist, 2015; a Semifinalist in The Print Center’s 87th, 90th and 93rd ANNUAL International Competition, 2013, 2015 and 2018; a Fellow at the Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, 2017; and a Finalist for Exposure at Photographic Resource Center, Boston, 2018. He has been reviewed in Artscope Magazine, The Boston Globe, Feature Shoot, Hyperallergic, Lenscratch, A Photo Editor and Slate Magazine.
His work is included in the permanent collections of Carnegie Mellon University and The Center for Creative Photography in Tuscon as well as in private collections across the country.
He resides and works in Pittsburgh, PA.
LENSCULTURE video interview:
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/francis-crisafio-holdup-in-the-hood
His work has been curated/juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Aline Smithson, Christopher Rauschenberg, Reto Thuring, Jose Diaz, Lisa Sutcliffe, Makeda Best, Malcolm Daniel, Rebecca Senf, Kathy Ryan, Peter Barberie, Marilyn Kushner, Louise Fedotov, Lesley Martin, Linda Benedict-Jones, Deborah Willis Jamie Lee Curtis and others.
Crisafio was a LensCulture Exposure Awards Finalist, 2015; a Semifinalist in The Print Center’s 87th, 90th and 93rd ANNUAL International Competition, 2013, 2015 and 2018; a Fellow at the Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, 2017; and a Finalist for Exposure at Photographic Resource Center, Boston, 2018. He has been reviewed in Artscope Magazine, The Boston Globe, Feature Shoot, Hyperallergic, Lenscratch, A Photo Editor and Slate Magazine.
His work is included in the permanent collections of Carnegie Mellon University and The Center for Creative Photography in Tuscon as well as in private collections across the country.
He resides and works in Pittsburgh, PA.
LENSCULTURE video interview:
https://www.lensculture.com/articles/francis-crisafio-holdup-in-the-hood