FOR FRANK WEISS, IT’S ALL ABOUT GETTING THE SHOT. HE’LL DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO CAPTURE THE IMAGE HE ENVISIONS – OCCASIONALLY EVEN PUTTING EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT AT GREAT RISK. A SELF-DUBBED “VISUAL ADVENTURER,” HE HONED HIS VISUAL STORYTELLING SKILLS PHOTOGRAPHING THE AFGHAN PEOPLE DURING HIS OVERSEAS SERVICE WITH THE U.S. AIR FORCE. DISTRAUGHT BY THE ARGUABLY MISLEADING VIEWS OF THE MIDDLE EAST POPULARIZED BY NEWS MEDIA, FRANK FELT OBLIGATED TO CAPTURE PHOTOGRAPHS HIGHLIGHTING THE INNATE HUMANISM THAT LIES BENEATH THE TANGLED WEB OF HUMAN CULTURE. DURING HIS FIRST YEARS PHOTOGRAPHING, FRANK STUDIED AND EXPERIMENTED INDEPENDENTLY, USING TRIAL-AND-ERROR METHODS TO LEARN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS, AND TO DEVELOP HIS UNIQUE AND METICULOUS TECHNIQUE.

HIS LOVE FOR ART LED HIM TOWARDS THE MOVING IMAGE AND SINCE THEN, HE HAS EXPANDED HIS PALETTE TO FILM AND VIDEO. IN 2010 HE OPENED WILD RHINO FILMS, WHICH HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL DOCUMENTARIES FOCUSING ON SOCIO-CULTURAL ISSUES. FOR HIS WORK, HE WAS VOTED ONE OF ATLANTIC COUNTY’S 2012 “TOP 40 UNDER 40”. FRANK ALSO PRODUCES VIDEOS FOR ARTC, A CREATIVE ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO PROMOTE THE ARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

STYLISTICALLY SPEAKING, FRANK STRIVES TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT WE FEEL EMOTIONALLY AND WHAT OUR PRESENT REALITY ALLOWS US TO BELIEVE. ALTHOUGH HE CITES SEVERAL ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND OTHER CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS AS INFLUENCES TO HIS WORK, INCLUDING HIS TWIN BROTHER RYAN WEISS, HE ULTIMATELY SEEKS TO FREE HIMSELF FROM ARTISTIC CLASSIFICATIONS AND IS ALWAYS OPEN TO NEW INFLUENCES, VISIONS, AND TECHNIQUES.