jan von holleben: dreams of flying

the children’s world of make-believe has finally found the perfect outlet via jan von hollenberg’s sense of humour, some willing kids and his camera.

he brings the influences of his parents – a cinematographer and child therapist – to his work. his focus on the visual representation of childhood, ‘child-history’ and concepts of ‘playing’, come from his teacher training course and he combines these theories with his personal experience and childhood memories. inspired by classic childhood books as well as modern superheroes, he produces ‘dreams of flying’ since 2002 with children from his local neighbourhood in south west germany.

simply inspirational. i love, i love.