Francesco Fragomeni is a Phoenix, AZ based artist and photographer specializing in traditional photographic printing and hybrid processes.
Fragomeni's work is based on the premise that progressive photographic art is created through simultaneous attention to the past, present and future of both process as well as the living environment.
While much of his technique is based in traditional analog processes, many of his experiments deal with merging unique characteristics of traditional processes and modern technology in such a way that the integrity of both is sustained and represented in a new work that would be otherwise impossible to create without the balanced cooperation of the two. These experiments often result in work that takes the course of either an Analog->Digital->Analog or Digital->Analog process. His hybrid processes always produce a final traditionally wet printed image because the artist prefers the specific visual and tactile characteristics and attributes unique to hand made chemically-based printing processes.
In addition to his process-based explorations, Fragomeni's work has dealt extensively with found optics and a "homebrew" approach to the technical and mechanical aspects of the photographic process. This extends to experiments with found and hand made optics, primitive camera design, and hand made cameras of various types.
Fragomeni uses both film and paper negatives to create his images. In addition to photographic technique, he incorporates elements of drawing and painting via intricate transfer and masking processes in the production of his images.
He is currently working on multiple long-term bodies of work.