We are delighted to be representing two new and amazing artists in our  mix of fine art photographers; Lisa Holden and William Ropp.

Lisa Holden is a British-born artist based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Holden has been integrating performance art, painting and drawing, photography and video, and digital manipulation of these combinations of forms in a manner that is clearly advancing the parameters of art photography and creating a new art methodology/language in the process.  Holden lets herself inspire by myths surrounding feminine icons like Lilith, Lamia and Danae. Her latest body of work explores aspects of duality: beauty and destruction, the flesh and the spirit, order and chaos. This juxtaposition of opposites is echoed in her multi-layered compositions, which sample imagery from early studio photography, classical painting and consumer culture. The final pieces blend analogue and digital imaging, photography and painting where Holden exploits her media and materials to full potential.

William Ropp lives and works in Nancy, France, and is well-known for the unique style in which he captures the mysterious aspects of human nature. Placing his subjects in absolute darkness during extended exposures, he uses a flashlight to “paint” a magical effect of illumination and shadow in what he calls “the dance of light”. His photographs have been exhibited extensively in museums and galleries around the world and his work has been published in several books including one devoted to the Children series, as well as a recently released twenty-year retrospective. William will be in Norway holding workshops and lectures in October – please contact us for more information. Lisa and William are both presented in the latest issue of the Norwegian magazine FOTOGRAFI.