Holly Houlton is a photographer and writer based in London, UK.
Houlton’s work mainly explores the subjects of people and place with a particular interest in the effects they have on one another in relation to experience and time. Using a personal approach, themes of intimacy, relationship and self-reflection are applied to interpret her surrounding environments. Specific attention to detail and light attempts to draw out the perhaps otherwise unseen and stimulate emotive contemplation.
Alongside her creative visual practice, she also does product photography, assisting and is a passionate writer on photography in both the journalistic and academic form.
During November of 2020, Houlton founded and launched Now Tell Me. A writing platform dedicated to giving freelance and emerging writers on photography the freedom to write self-directed content. The writers’ works will be peer reviewed and realised as a collective digital zine.
Houlton's had the pleasure of working with: Diana Stainton, Charlotte Garner, Broody (sister agency of Mother), The Photographers' Gallery, Eastside Projects contemporary art gallery and Loupe Magazine.
Her full CV and references can be available upon request.
For any enquiries or more information on her work, contact: hollyhoultonphotography@gmail.com
Education
Features and Commissions
2016-2020
First-class BA (Hons) Photography with International Enhancement at Coventry University
2018-2019
Communications at Universidad de Europea Madrid (UEM)
2018-2019
A1 Level Spanish
2021
Photobookstore – photo book review online feature
2020
Fleur & Arbor – interview and online feature
The Wonder Forest Blog – article writing online feature
Girls In Business – online feature
Black River - Issue 01 Places online feature
Beating The Blues - online feature
The Collective Mag - online feature
The Photographers’ Gallery – A Story Behind A Photograph online feature
The Photographers' Gallery - photo book review online feature
BBC Radio Suffolk – aired interview and online feature - Now Tell Me
BBC Radio Suffolk Upload Programme - live feature and interview
BBC Radio Suffolk Upload - online feature
The Liminal Voice - online feature
The Rising Womxn Zine - online feature
Ffoto Gallery Platform - Instagram Takeover
The Reservoir Project - Instagram Takeover
By.Platform - online feature
Landform – online feature
Between Spaces - Instagram Live Q&A/artist talk
Between Spaces – degree show online feature
Between Spaces – degree show publication print feature
Between Spaces – degree show publication print feature, writing and editing of artist statements, biographies and acknowledgments page
Source Graduate Photography BA Phase – online feature
Photograd - 1 of 50 Graduates Zine PGZ2020 online and print feature
Photograd - 1 of 10 Highly Commended Graduates online feature
Photograd – Limited Edition Postcard Pack print feature
Photograd – Guest Writer, article writing online features
Photograd – Q&A interview online feature
Professional Photo Magazine – article writing (double page) Issue 178 print and digital feature
Professional Photo Magazine – article writing in Issue 172 digital download
Professional Photo Magazine – article writing online features
Loupe Magazine – copywriting
Loupe Magazine – article writing online features
2019
Native Magazine – online feature
2018
deCODE Magazine – online feature
Native Magazine Issue One – print/zine feature
Native Magazine Creative Guide Issue One – print/zine feature
Hashtag Photography Magazine – article writing online feature
Photography News - book review online feature
2017
Marlowe Theatre – online feature
Professional Photo magazine – article writing (double page) Issue 137 print feature
2015 and 2017
Bury and West Suffolk Magazine – print features
Exhibitions
2020
Pachamama Collective - online exhibit/selling prints (group)
Fujifilm Print Life @ Home Bedroom and Landscape Categories – online exhibit (group)
Local Host Gallery - miniature exhibit (group)
Between Spaces – degree show online virtual exhibit, Artsteps (group)
Shot In Soho – Guest Speaker, The Photographers' Gallery, London (solo/group)
2019
FotoClasse – Universidad de Europea Madrid, Madrid (group)
The Outsider – Bushwick Community Darkroom, Brookyln, New York (group)
2018
LAHAD, Drapers, Coventry (group)
The Past, We Miss – Manson House residence home, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (solo)
Exposure – The CET building, Coventry (group)
2017
Until The Third Bridge – The Tin Music and Arts, Coventry (solo)
Introducing C.U – Ellen Terry building, Coventry University, Coventry (group)
"Holly quickly got to grips with multiple briefs across several of Broody’s partners; shooting and editing assets independently, as well as working with us as a team on bigger shoots. It was a joy to work with her and to get to know her – both over Zoom when WFH and in person when the occasion allowed for it!"
– Alice and Joel, Creative Team at Broody
"I found Holly to be a very proactive contributor who was capable of coming up with ideas, adapting them and then following them through, to brief and on deadline. It was a pleasure to work with her and she clearly put a lot of time and effort into the commission we gave her."
— Terry Hope, Editor/Publisher, Professional Photo Magazine
"Holly recently helped provide copy for the Loupe magazine webshop. Her work involved summarising each Issue of the magazine into a short and engaging text. Holly was great to work with, completing each summary before the deadline given and responding well to feedback throughout. Holly has also contributed to the Loupe website, interviewing photographer JC Candanedo about his work in Catalonia, pursuing a line of questioning that provided increased insight into the project. We hope to be able to work with Holly again and wish her all the best as her career in this industry develops."
— Luke Archer, Editor/Publisher, Loupe Magazine