Where ART Lives Magazine Volume 1 Number 6 | Page 22

EXPOSED

Jon Holiday has been taking pictures since he fell
in love with photography when he received a Kodak
Instamatic model 134 at age 9. His love of urban
photography began as a teen-ager with a ministry
trip to Minneapolis, where he discovered all kinds
of diverse and interesting subjects to photograph.
Eventually, the idea of capturing a “profile” of
the largest cities moved to the top of his To-Do
list.
The art of skyline photography is largely
technical, especially in terms of logistics,
however:”The way I ‘see’ things is key. I love to
work in that narrow time frame where the daylight
fades and the artificial light begins to glow.
Creating an image where I have to deal with the
different types of light, structure, textures,
composition, and colors takes a surprising amount
of time and effort. I always try to bring something
of myself into an image, so that it doesn’t end up
as run-of-the-mill. Motion-blurred clouds add
drama, moving traffic in the foreground provides
colorful leading lines, or a foggy sky makes Los
Angeles look like a fictional Gotham City.”
Jon’s notable awards among others include several
Bronze Awards in the Epson International Pano
Competition over the last few years, second place
in the Texas Photo Forum, a finalist entry in the
Photographer’s Forum “Best of Photography”, as
well as in the Worldwide Gala Awards 2011 “Colour”
exhibit. He has been juried into gallery shows
across the US, and his images have appeared in a
movie, television shows, and have been produced as
huge wall murals in the US and Italy.

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