IN THE AIR / Photo book / Children’s book

Cross the desert on the back of a dog, search for lost treasures in the depths of the oceans, fly over the city like Superman in his blue and red costume... Through his photographs, Jan von Holleben brings childhood dreams to life. It was in 2002 that Jan, accompanied by his neighbors' children, began this photographic project, which would become the series Dreams of Flying. Inspired by the classics of children's literature as much as by superheroes, the children tell him crazy stories that Jan rushes to stage and photograph using a small Nikon camera. He then developed his famous flat perspective, photographing his models lying on the ground from the top of a ladder, which allowed him to create funny and dreamlike images, without constraints, and without limits, or almost. Author: Jan Von Holleben