Dan Holdsworth

http://www.danholdsworth.com/

During this project I have looked into the works of Dan Holdsworth. I really like a lot of his photographs. I have included several of my favourites from his website.

This is my favourite of Holdsworths images. I love the colours and the differences in texture between the sky + ground. This image is from the series 'Hyperborea' a series of 11 photographs 2006.

This photograph is also from the series 'Hyperborea' I really like that the sky and foreground seem to be from different worlds. The lights and texture of the sky makes it seem very alien and different from the land at the base of the photo. 

I looked up the word hyperborea and found this:


hyperborean |ˌhīpərˈbôrēən; -bəˈrēən| poetic/literarynounan inhabitant of the extreme north.• ( Hyperborean) Greek Mythology a member of a race worshiping Apollo and living in a land of sunshine and plenty beyond the north wind.adjectiveof or relating to the extreme north.ORIGIN late Middle English : from late Latin hyperboreanus, fromGreek huperboreos, from huper ‘beyond’ + boreas ‘north I think this is quite appropriate to the series as they show the northern lights.

I like this photograph from the series 'Geothermal Power Plant' the steam(?) coming from the chimneys looks ghostly and I just like it as an image.

This image taken from the series 'The World In Itself' is interesting. The reflection in this puddle shows the sky but gives the impression of a window to another world.

This photo is from 'White Noise' and I just like the composition. The direction + curve of the star trails draws the eyes into the photo.