Frank Ishman

Photographer Frank Ishman has traveled extensively, living and working in various cities around the world. Frank received his education and training from Morehouse College and the Art Institute of Atlanta and learned everything he could while working with celebrated photographers Brigitte Lacombe, Mary Ellen Mark and Arnold Newman to name just a few.

Bringing his unique vision, ardent sense of lighting, and strong work ethic to each shoot, Frank has produced an impressive collection of commercial, narrative and fine art work. Frank communicates through image, which provides him an outlet to release the strength of his reactions to the world around him. His narrative projects are often comprised of multiple images, merged and melded so completely that the viewer sees the project as a “whole,” rather than the sum of its parts.

Frank moves between commercial and fine art styles easily, and enjoys incorporating one into the other while always maintaining his focus on the subject. From celebrities and CEO’s to rap stars and children, Frank’s commercial work includes advertising campaigns, celebrity portraiture, magazine spreads, non-profit assignments and fashion. Never without a camera, Frank's fine art work takes aim at the ever...

Officially stopped assisting, October 2012
Art Institute of Atlanta - Photographic Imaging - Graduated 1996
Morehouse College - 1994 ( Junior Year Transfer )

Image Loaned / Donated:

Senator Barack Obama, Three School Girls, Freetown, Sierra Leone - 2008
Draft FCB Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - 2013
Donated Image, Art Basel, Miami, Florida - "The Empowerment Project for Haiti" - 2010
Art for Life, DIFFA Design, Fighting Aids, Chicago, IL - 2017
Filter 2017 Fundraiser, Chicago, IL - 2017

Exhibitions:

Brooklyn Dreamers, Group Show, Brooklyn, NY - 2006
3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York - “Top 25 Photographs” - 2009
Usable- Space, Milwaukee, “Light” 2015
Arc Gallery, HOME show, Best in Show, Chicago, IL - 2016
Chicago Cultural Center 50x50 Show, Chicago, IL - 2017
Filter Group Show, Context 2017, Chicago, IL - 2017
Filter Two Person Show, B-Sides, Chicago, IL - 2017
Arts Club Chicago 88th Artist Group Show, Chicago IL - 2018
Groups:
Filter Chicago - Advisory Board Member 2016