Jan von Holleben

Jan von Holleben

Jan von Holleben was born in Cologne, Germany in 1977. He first picked up a camera when he was thirteen, following in the footsteps of his father, a cinematographer. Later on, he begun teaching children with disabilities. He then moved to London and earned a degree in the Theory and History of Photography at Surrey Institute of Art and Design. He worked as a picture editor, art director, and photographic director in London. Soon he made two separate photographic collectives, Young Photographers United and photo-debut. Today he continues to take photos throughout his community.

Music Covers

Music Cover

For my "Music Cover" assignment  I used Photoshop CS6 to edit and create this picture. The bottom layer is a photo of myself with the text on top. The text was originally white on a black background but I erased the black and changed the colour scheme of the words to match and create the picture. The words are made up of three different songs; Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol, Wake Me Up by Avicii and Say by John Mayer.

My second music cover is of my friend Lia and I from last Christmas when we ate a bunch of blue candy canes. The songs I chose were "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers and "Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Rae. I chose those two songs because theydo a very good job of describing friendship.

My third music is another self portrait. I used the songs "Titanium" by David Guetta ft. Sia and "One Life" by Hedley.

By: Natasha Jury

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