Francis Minien is a British Photographer from Reading, UK. He received his BA in History and Media Studies from De Montfort University (UK) in 1999 and completed his MA in Photography from De Montfort University in 2005. He is based in New York City. He spends a great deal of his photography time on the road; most recently spending 18 months living and working in India. 

His work is focused on his travels including street, landscape and abstractualism photography. "Our world is not perfect, but it is beautiful and there is beauty in the everyday. I seek the extraordinary in the everyday, the abstract in the actual. I lives, travel and explore my everyday world and capture what I see as the essence of our imperfect world."

He is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS). His work has been published internationally in magazines and publications, addition to which he has received several award recognition for his work. He has self published 3 books and they are available on iTunes and Blurb. His work has been acquired by a number of private collectors and also features in corporate collections. He has exhibited extensively in international group and solo shows.