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Dreams of Flying

Head On Photo Festival 2024
Jan von Holleben
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Jan von Holleben
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Location: Bondi Beach Promenade, Queen Elizabeth Dr Bondi Beach NSW 2026
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Entry Fee: Free
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Crossing the desert on a dog’s back, searching for treasures beneath the ocean, or soaring like Superman through the city – my photographs bring nostalgic dreams to life.

2002, I began my photography journey with my neighbours’ two sons, inspired by classic childhood stories and modern superheroes. The boys spun tales, and I captured them on film using a simple snapshot camera during weekends and holidays. Our adventures soon attracted the neighbours’ friends and their friends, forming a small group of kids in our South-West German village who became my creative partners. Over four years, we shared countless stories, experiences, and photographs.

Now, two decades later, I have revisited this project with a fresh perspective and timely adjustments. I am introducing previously unseen images and creating new ones that reflect today’s viewpoint. This revitalised project will be published as a children’s book.

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Jan von Holleben

Born in 1977, Jan von Holleben lived most of his youth in an alternative commune. He identified a strong connection between the development of his photographic work and his parents’ influence, a cinematographer and child therapist. He followed his father’s photographic career at age thirteen by picking up a camera. After studying to teach children with disabilities, he moved to London, earned a degree in the theory and history of photography and became submerged within London’s photographic scene, where he worked as a picture editor, art director, and photographic director. Holleben’s idiosyncratic images have become part of the contemporary German photographic imagination. Even those who do not know his name quickly recognise his images or even a mere description of them. Holleben collaborates with the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, London and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Spiegel, Zeit, DU Magazin, Geo, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin. He’s published over 30 artist and photo books in up to 17 languages.

This event has concluded
Dates: -
Location: Bondi Beach Promenade, Queen Elizabeth Dr Bondi Beach NSW 2026
Hours:
Entry Fee: Free
Genres: Performance
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