Franklin Balzan

Born in 1985, in the picturesque village of Tarxien in the island of Malta, I pursued my studies and graduated as a mechanical engineer in 2007. Although engineering and art may seem to be unrelated, I grew fond of design and this sharpened my appreciation to geometry and symmetry - which I now find so useful in photography. My photographic journey started (and continues) with a passion for street photography during which I document people in their daily mundane activities. I feel that my vision has been influenced by my Christian upbringing and values, as in my photography I seek to display the invisible and spiritual realm with the physical and optical dimensions. This love of documenting people, their personality and connections has through the years lead me to photograph couples from all over the world including couples from China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, England, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Russia, Germany, Latvia, India, and the USA.