Does This Happen to Everyone? by Jan von Holleben

As daunting as it might be for parents to take the lead, leaving the internet or a classmate to -explain- sexuality is not an option. Especially today, when most young people have access to the internet and its explicit or dubious content, it is extremely important to address the topic of sex education with children proactively and give it the attention it needs and deserves.

Parents often don't know the best way to answer them and it's practically impossible to find the right time to start a conversation about the birds and the bees. Even before they experience puberty and young love themselves, girls and boys have many questions about sex and sexuality. Jan von Holleben’s work has been exhibited internationally and published widely throughout the world.Insightful and considerate answers to 70 questions boys and girls have about puberty and young love. His body of photographic work focusing on the ‘homo ludens’ – the man who learns through play, is itself built from a playful integration of pedagogical theory with his own personal experiences of play and memories of childhood. He quickly set up two photographic collectives, Young Photographers United and photodebut, followed more recently by the Photographer’s Office.

At the age of 13, he followed his father’s photographic career by picking up a camera and experimenting with all sorts of “magical tricks”, developing his photographic imagination and skills with friends and family and later honing his technique in commercial settings.Īfter pursuing studies in teaching children with disabilities at the Pädagogische Hochschule in Freiburg, he moved to London, earned a degree in the Theory and History of Photography at Surrey Institute of Art and Design, and became submerged within the London photographic scene, where he worked as picture editor, art director and photographic director.

I know! I know! Children and animals: No greater nightmares for a photographer! But if you work with the best of the best, then it is indeed mostly (!!) a pleasure! Here you have a portrait series of some of the best professional German Dogs there are! About Jan Von Hollebenīorn in 1977 in Cologne and brought up in the southern German countryside, he lived most of his youth in an alternative commune and identifies a strong connection between the development of his photographic work and the influence of his parents, acinematographer and child therapist.

Does This Happen to Everyone? by Jan von Holleben