Jan von Holleben Biography

Jan was born in the year 1977 in Cologne & lived most of his youth in a surrogate commune. Both his parents were a cinematographer & a child therapist where he got his influence from his parents and his powerful connection between the growth of his photographic work. He followed his fathers photographic career by experimenting all different "magic tricks" with a camera at age 13, later improving his technique in commercial settings. He moved to London, and earned a degree in the Theory and History of Photography, he went into the London photographic scene, where then he worked as a photographic director, picture editor and an art director. Jan von Holleben won many awards such as the Lens Culture Award-Honorable Mention in San Francisco in 2010, and the Unicum Award-Best Ad in London.

 

I chose this picture because it caught my attention. I liked how he used indoor plants as like a bush or something and the flowers too. I think this photo is well done, theres a lot of things happening in this picture is what makes it good. He had a lot of stuff but focused in on the subject, which are the two kids.

I like this picture because it stuck out to me. I still think it could need improvement. The background is a bit underdeveloped. There is a lot of extra space, he could have made the background blue or something like the sky. I think that theres a lot of plants, a bit too much is where we kind of get more focused on the plants than the subject, the kid. I liked the sun though, its a good idea. 

I chose this picture because this one caught my eye. This one is the one I like the best. Its unique, you wouldn't see little kids riding dirt bikes and riding them like that. I still think that this picture could be improved. There is too much blank space, he could have added more stuff in the background. I like it though.

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