Holly Andres

Holly Andres
Born 1977
Missoula, Montana, USA
Nationality American
Known for Photography
Website www.hollyandres.com

Holly Andres (born 1977) is an American photographer[1] based in Portland, Oregon. Andres's work is printed on 20 x 30", 28x42", and 40x50" sizes. Andres focuses mostly on flamboyant, movie-like scenes which take inspiration from her own experiences as a child. Andres has said that she views her photo subjects as protagonists within a larger narrative.[2] Usually, Andres's photographs take one of two moods: either "dark and mysterious or bright and witty."[3]

Andres's work has taken place in many exhibits across the US, most notably Robert Mann Gallery (New York City), Robert Koch Gallery (San Francisco), Jackson Fine Art (Alabama), and Charles A. Harman Fine Art (Portland).

Working for prestigious clients, such as The New York Times Magazine, TIME, The New Yorker, and Saks Fifth Avenue, Andres has established a name for herself. She later went on to win multiple grants and awards, such as the 2016 Photo District News (PDN) Photo Annual in Advertising Award and an AI-IP American Photograph Award.

Education

Andres was originally trained as a painter. She earned her BFA from The University of Montana in Painting and Drawing and her MFA from Portland State University in Cinema Studies.[4][2]

Career

Fine Art

Andres's first solo exhibition Sparrow Lane premiered in Portland, Oregon in 2008, then toured to San Francisco, New York City and Istanbul.[5] The digital C-prints depict four young women and explore the female transition into adolescence, with allusions to Nancy Drew and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.[6][7]

Her second body of work, The Fall of Spring premiered at Portland's Hartman Fine Art Gallery in April 2012.[5] The constructed photographs unfold one event, a peaceful day at the park disrupted, from multiple perspectives. The large format, vibrant images create a heightened sense of drama in which loss of innocence and protective roles of mothers are explored.[8]

The Fallen Fawn, a series of photographs, was inspired by a story about Andres's older sisters, who discovered an abandoned suitcase behind their childhood home one day. Andres reveals how they "took it home, hid it under their bed, and when they could, often during the night, secretly dressed up in this "mystery woman’s" belongings. They dressed up in her clothes, wrapped their hair in her curlers and wore her lipstick."[2] The title of the piece itself refers to the name Andres dubbed the mystery woman.

Commercial/Editorial Work

Andres also works commercially as a photographer,[5] working with many big clients such as Refinery29, Vanity Fair Italy, Complex Magazine, and more. For her commercial work, Andres is represented by Hello Artists, a photo agency.

In an interview with Peta Pixel,[2] Andres reveals that her favorite editorial pieces give her the time to research, think, and craft images over the span of multiple days.

References

  1. ↑ "Holly Andres Biography". Artnet. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "An Interview with Photographer Holly Andres". PetaPixel. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ↑ "About". Holly Andres. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Past Exhibition: Holly Andres: The Homecoming". Hallie Ford Museum of Art. Willamette University. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Slideshow: Holly Andres' 'The Fall of Spring Hill'". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Holly Andres: DNJ". ArtNews. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Photo 'unrealism' by Holly Andres and Lori Nix". Seattle Times. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Holly Andres 'The Fall of Spring'". NY Art Beat. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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