Born in 1993, British photographer Francesca Allen studied photography at London College of Communication and is based in London. Allen’s work focuses on intimacy, particularly the nature of female friendships, girlhood and the often complicated coming-of-age experience. Stand-out projects include the books Aya (2018) and I’d like to get to know you (2022), and “Women of California,” a commission from the British Journal of Photography to photograph 50 subjects across the state’s most remote regions. Allen’s photographs have been published in magazines including Dazed, i-D, and British and American Vogue, and exhibited at institutions such as London’s Somerset House and The Photographer’s Gallery.