Fraction is published on a monthly basis, and to date has shown portfolios from more than 700 photographers.

FRACTION’S FOUNDING

Fraction was founded in March 2008 by David Bram and Joshua Spees. The concept was born in 2007 on Route 66 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first issue went live in May 2008, and featured four New Mexican artists.  With just an announcement through social media, the Fraction website got thousands of hits.  Within days, the issue was viewed by people in 11 countries.  The second issue went live July 2008, and the audience and the traffic continued to grow.  With that growth came a widening of the scope of the magazine to include artists from outside of the region and outside of the United States and to focus on ways to increase visibility for artists and to strengthen our photographic community.

OUR MISSION

Fraction Magazine is an online venue dedicated to showcasing thoughtful photographic projects from a global community. We believe that photography, as a perpetually growing set of practices, continues to present a unique medium through which individuals engage with the world by making visible their positions and concerns, their pleasures and sorrows. From our inception, our monthly issues have provided a venue for perspectives and bodies of work from artists from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender and sexual expressions, religious beliefs, socioeconomic statuses, and geographical locations. Fraction is committed to being anti-racist and to broadening the historically narrow and privileged perspectives that have long dominated photographic discourse through layers of institutional filters. We pledge to share our platform with and provide ongoing collaborative opportunities for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Womxn artists, curators and writers, and those bringing perspectives that are under-represented in photography. We are committed to exploring photography with our growing community, as a means to understanding, and through understanding, compassion, and advocacy.

All of the photographs herein, unless otherwise noted, are copyrighted by the photographer. This entire site is copyright 2008–2025, David Bram and Fraction Magazine. No part of this site, or any of the content contained herein, may be used or reproduced without express permission of the copyright holder(s).