Tania Franco Klein is a Mexican photographer and visual artist based in Mexico City. She is best known for her work exploring the relationship between photography and memory, often using archival images to create new narratives.
Franco Klein was born in Mexico City in 1985. She studied photography at the Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseno de Monterrey, graduating in 2008. After graduation, she began working as a freelance photographer and visual artist, creating work for magazines and galleries.
In 2010, Franco Klein was awarded the prestigious FONCA grant from the Mexican government to pursue her artistic practice. This allowed her to travel extensively throughout Mexico and Latin America, exploring themes of identity and memory through her photography. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid.
In addition to her photographic practice, Franco Klein has also worked as a curator and educator. She has curated exhibitions at various institutions including the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City and taught workshops on photography at universities around the world.
Franco Klein's work has been featured in publications such as The New Yorker, The Guardian, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue Italia, Harper's Bazaar Mexico, and Vice Magazine. Her photographs have also been included in numerous books including "The Photobook: A History Volume III" (2014) by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger; "The Latin American Photobook" (2015) by Horacio Fernandez; and "Women Photographers: A Selection from Latin America" (2016) by Maria Antonella Pelizzari.
Today Franco Klein continues to explore themes of identity through her photography while also working on various curatorial projects around Mexico City.