DYLAN COLLARD raised in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Both of his parents were illustrators working from home and Dylan spent his youth surrounded by imagery, airbrushes, enlargers and printing ink.
This heritage clearly shaped his fascination for art and aesthetics; but before he embarked on his photography course at college, he pursued a 6-year-long musical career as bass player. Dylan Collard won several prizes during his photographic studies culminating in an extensive journey through California after which he settled in London where he worked for five years as a freelance assistant.
Dylan’s photographs resemble cinematic scenes, without alluding to a distinct semantic context: the compositions raise questions rather than provide explicit information. Looking at the scenes Dylan creates, a viewer will intuitively engage in the process of questioning and constructing narratives as the ambivalent, mysterious and often eerie atmosphere of his images trigger inspiration. He captures dehumanised spaces, void and sterile, which he refurnishes with a certain, vibrantly melancholic and surreal air.
Since 2006/07 Dylan Collard has concentrated on personal work with the aim of moving the book more towards advertising, looking more at staged/theatrical/narrative side of his work.