contact:
Franrowse@gmail.com
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Fran Rowse is a Cornish photographer and curator. Working across photography, digital art, mixed media, and archival practice, her work centres on the overlooked lives and stories of women and girls in the South West of England. Rooted in lived experience as a former fisherwoman from a working-class background, her practice bridges rural communities and the art world through collaborative, socially engaged projects.

Her award winning debut Project ‘CORNISH MAIDS’ is an ongoing photography project that photographs women and girls in Cornwall. The photography project has gone on to become a movement in Cornwall, shaking up ideas of female Contemporary identity.

Frans Works demand recognition of women and female emotions, identity and history. Blending documentary and surreal approaches, grounded in the domestic, coastal, and rural landscapes she knows intimately.Alongside her independent practice, Fran has worked collaboratively with fashion brands, bringing a socially driven, narrative-led approach to commercial projects.

Magazines & Clients

Another , Marc Jacobs , Dr. Martens , Anti Agency , Miss Crofton , Frances O , Western Affair , All In , Teija , Vanessa Gearwood , Tamsyn Kelly

Awards
2026 — International Iceland Residency, Fish Factory Arts
2026 — Falmouth Gallery and Museum, Exhibition Funding
2025 — Krowji Studio Residency
2025 — Worval Fund
2023 — Royal West of England Academy, Runner Up
2021 — Fotonow, South West Graduate Photographer Prize

Press

Fisheye - https://fisheyemagazine.fr/article/robes-de-bal-et-champs-de-boues-francesca-rowse-celebre-les-maids/

BBC (Spotlight) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-6761835

Bible of British Taste - Print

Glass - Print

VASW- https://vasw.org.uk/whats-on/maids-by-fran-rowse

ItsNiceThat - https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/francesca-rowse-maids-photography-260422

Refinery29 - https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/photos-young-cornish-women-y2k

Another Mag ( Have a butchers Charity print sale)- https://www.instagram.com/p/CazW3v4g1Fe/?img_index=1

Vogue - https://www.vogue.com/article/westernaffair-by-olivia-pudelko-sustainable-rug-shoes

Artists Responding to.. - https://www.artistsrespondingto.co.uk/post/there-s-nothing-corny-about-the-maids

Sticks and Stones magazine - https://www.sticksandstonesagency.com/the-simple-life-frankie-noller-francesca-rowseller-nsfw/