Holly Hann is a British photographer specialising in conceptual photography, known for her artistic approach and eye for detail. Holding a Masters in Photography from Arts University Bournemouth, she integrates symbolic elements and staged scenes to engage viewers. Her work often confronts the male gaze by using the female gaze to empower women and challenge inequality. More recently, she has explored themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, employing techniques like Infrared and UV photography to create an uncanny effect. Holly has exhibited at multiple galleries, including showing work in Curtains at The Alchemy Experiment, and has been published in Source Photographic Review’s Graduate Photography Online.
Holly Hann
Artwork descriptionThe View from Between Villages explores change, grief, and the passage of time. The series transforms familiar scenes from Holly's childhood home into surreal, dreamlike landscapes, with eerie blue hues symbolising how memory distorts our perception of the places we once called home.
The project stems from a deeply personal experience: the passing of Holly’s family dog, Kofi. Kofi’s death marked her first close encounter with mortality and served as a defining moment in her life. In his absence, the family home no longer felt like home – it became an unfamiliar space, mirroring Holly’s own sense of transition and displacement. The idea of "home” suddenly became an intangible feeling.
The title of the work serves as a metaphor for life’s in-between phases, the widening gap between who we were and who we are becoming. As we grow older, the landscapes of our past remain physically unchanged, yet they feel increasingly distant, altered by time and experience.
Through this work, Holly aims to capture that feeling of estrangement; the uncanny tension between familiarity and change. The absence of visible blood in infrared portraits renders subjects ghostlike, evoking a sense of detachment and loss. This project is an acknowledgment that while our physical surroundings may remain the same, our inner landscapes are constantly shifting, shaped by the passage of time and the inevitability of change.
