Jan von Holleben was born in 1977 in Cologne Germany and now lives and works in London, UK. He has had solo exhibitions of his photography in Paris and New York and has won several awards, including Gold for "Best Lifestyle Photography 2005" at the Academy Lead Awards in Germany.

Dreams of Flying has received more than two hands full of exciting awards. Amongst them the "highly commended" by the Photography Festival in Hyeres, France, an IPA Award in the US and the highly regarded Kiyosato MoPa Award in Japan.

Jan has been exhibiting in Hamburg's House of Photography and a solo show at the Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art Gallery in New York. Dreams of Flying was also extensively featured in several popular magazines like Creative Review, Bant, Topic, Label and Idn.

He contributes regularly to several magazines including Dummy, SZ Magazine, Diva, Neon, and Geo.

For 2007 he has already worked on commissions for several book publications and is preparing for a world travelling show of his dual-project "11-21", which includes a new book and an extensive catalogue.

Try to catch him in Berlin, Paris, Florence or New York.