About
Dylan Francis
Dylan Francis is a photographer, videographer, and writer, based in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is the owner/operator of Troubled Genius Media LLC, a production company dedicated to promoting awareness and understanding of our planet, our connections to it, and of our relationships with one another. Francis has worked every angle of the business from shooting, directing and producing small shoots, script writing, editing, and working as talent in front of the camera. Francis’ work has been featured in the Delaware History Museum, The Equestrian, The Communitarian, The museum at Westmoreland Sanctuary, University of Delaware, and a number of other informational or artistic mediums. Francis is the on-call photographer for the town of Kennett Square, where he works with Historic Kennett to cover local stories and events. He is also a video camera operator for HCP and Alliance productions, where he covers equestrian racing competitions and works between handheld, field, and main camera. Francis has experience shooting and backpacking in three continents, along hundreds of miles of the Appalachian Trail, and in the remote reaches of the Peruvian Amazon.
Professional Experience
Owner/Operator of Troubled Genius Media production Company (2018 - Present)
ACEER Conservation leader (2020 - present)
Delaware Teachers Institute Team Leader and Videographer (2021-present)
2022 ACEER Fellows program Sucusari Expedition team member (2022-present)
2022 ACEER Maijuna Indigenous culture mini-series Director of Photography
2022 Artist in residence program - Director of Photography
2022 Creative Action Institute Maijuna Youth Film workshop - Director of Photography
Maijuna Stingless Beekeeping Initiative lead camera, editor, project development
Loreto Learning map lead contributor
Created the “Maijuna Cultural series”
Lead Videographer for Westmoreland Sanctuary (2021 - present)
Developed an environmental Education course adhering to New York Science standards
Kennett Collaborative lead photojournalist (2018 - present)
Places work has been published or displayed
Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER)
One Planet
Amazon Aid
Delaware Art Museum
Delaware History Museum
Delaware Historic Society
Longwood Gardens
University of Delaware Taylor Hall
University of Delaware partnerships for Arts and Culture
Delaware Humanties
Stroud
Alvernia University
Daily Times Newspaper
Kennett Collaborative
The Communitarian Newspaper
Morpho Institute
Westmoreland Sanctuary and Museum
To contact Dylan Francis
Email - troubledgeniusmedia@gmail.com
Cell phone - 484-358-6483
Instagram - dylanfrancistgm