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Brian Frank

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As seen in: IMDb, The New York Times, The Daily Mirror, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera English, KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA), Virginia Quarterly Review
Iowa freelance photographer living in the Netherlands. BLM & LGBTQ ally. order prints and my photo book here: www.bfrankphoto.com/shop/

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Brian C. Frank is an award-winning freelance photojournalist from Des Moines, Iowa. Photographing for The New York Times, Reuters and Polaris Images, Brian’s images have been seen in publications and on websites around the world. Selections from Fight Night have been shown on the New York Times Lens blog, Burn Magazine, and in gallery exhibits in Des Moines, Minneapolis and New York.

Brian began studying photography on a part-time basis as a creative outlet. Those classes quickly developed into…

Brian Frank’s Journalist Portfolio

After white nationalism defence, lawmaker Steve King faces rebuke

After white nationalism defence, lawmaker Steve King faces rebuke

Washington, DC - US Republican Congressman Steve King's recent defence of white supremacy and white nationali…

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Photos: Election night in Iowa

Photos: Election night in Iowa

Scenes from the campaigns as Cruz wins the GOP vote and the democrats finish in a virtual tie

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A New Lifeline Helps Inmates Transition to Life Out of Prison

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By Ted Alcorn Verified, Brian Frank
| The New York Times Verified
Health|A New Lifeline Helps Inmates Transition to Life Out of Prison https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/health/medicaid-jail-prison-healh-care.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. When Jon Desantis was released after a six months stint in jail last September, he had lost many of the moorings of a stable life.
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Echoes of Isolation

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By Christie Thompson Verified, Brian Frank
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project and Brian L. Frank, CatchLight Feb 3, 2026 Failed to save article Please try again Craig Canary, 55, in his Security Housing Unit (SHU) cell at Pelican Bay supermax prison in California in 2014. He had spent about a year in this cell while officials investigated whether he was in a prison gang. (Brian L. Frank/CatchLight) Photographer Brian L.
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The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars

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By Eli Tan Verified, Brian Frank
| The New York Times Verified
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The paper fliers went up early one morning in April, an advertisement of hope in the cell blocks of California’s most notorious prison: Baseball tryout, Saturday, 9 a.m. Richard Williams couldn’t have been more excited.
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