Holly Hann is a British photographer specializing in conceptual photography, known for her artistic approach and eye for detail. Her work often confronts the male gaze by using the female gaze to empower women and challenge inequality. 

More recently, she has explored themes of identity, memory, and the passage of time, employing techniques like Infrared and UV photography to create an uncanny effect. Hann has exhibited at multiple galleries and been published in The Alchemy Experiment’s "Curtains" and Source Photographic Review’s "Graduate Photography Online."

The View from Between Villages is based around the idea of mortality, grief and acceptance. The series explores the idea of change; how the familiar evolves as you mature, becoming something that’s unrecognisable as you are caught between the different phases of life. Using infrared photography, the images feature scenes in the garden from Hann’s childhood home and the surrounding village. 

The distinct blue hue produces “Uncanny” motives and elicits psychological tension within the viewers. This effect arises from the juxtaposition of the familiar (the human subject) with the unfamiliar (altered appearance caused by infrared light). The absence of visible blood in the skin makes the subject appear less human or lifelike, leading to a sense of detachment or disconnection. It also makes the subjects appear like ghosts in surreal dreamlike imagery. This disruption of our normal perceptual experience can trigger a feeling of the uncanny, as it challenges our understanding of reality.