Dan Mountford has BA Hons Graphic Design from the University of Brighton,2014.
He was born Milton Keynes but now lives and works in Brighton.
He is a freelance graphic designer, photographer, Art Director, and 3D Motion Designer.
He uses a variety of media - Photoshop, 3d modelling, Double Exposure Photography.
His interest in this style of photography started when he was making photo collages in Photoshop, soon realising that they could look like double exposures.
He uses the in-camera method of editing, (all of the images he requires are created with only the camera), in his Double Exposure Photography. He sees this type of image as “A visual journey through our minds by calm and tidy means, which the reality of life does not show”.
He did a darkroom techniques evening course, whilst doing his degree. he used a Holga 120 film rudimentary plastic camera made in Hong Kong, which is known for its cheap construction. Its wobbly casing edges cause light to get into the film, creating fuzzy blurry images.
His photographic style came from experimenting with this analogue camera. Photos taken using this camera have won awards, its simplicity and unusual images it can create making it popular. David Burnett, an award winning American Photojournalist won a prize with a photo he took of Al Gore during the run up to the American 2000 presidential election.The camera itself has quite a cult following. In fact, this little camera heavily influenced Kevin Systrom, the creator of Instagram.
He has said that he loved using the Holga, being influenced by other work he saw on Flickr.
The experiments Mountford made with this camera went in all sorts of directions, not all of them successful. It also takes up a lot of time and can be very expensive.
With plenty of experimenting, he figured out ways to use certain parts of an image without having to turn to digitally changing them. He only turns to digital manipulation for his own art to remove marks or change the tone or filter, or to add some vector.
Within his work, he mixes his emotions with his memories, linking them together.
He is inspired by abstract photography.
If he is working on something for a client. He will manipulate an image digitally purely for speed.
His double exposed images make the viewer think about what is going on, they make you question why the images have been chosen.
Each of his images use the same tone throughout, no mixing of different colours.
He is a freelance designer for agencies on some big brands such as Urban Outfitters, Le Monde, and The Barbican. He has had a personal exhibition at the Florence Leoni gallery in Paris.
He was born Milton Keynes but now lives and works in Brighton.
He is a freelance graphic designer, photographer, Art Director, and 3D Motion Designer.
He uses a variety of media - Photoshop, 3d modelling, Double Exposure Photography.
His interest in this style of photography started when he was making photo collages in Photoshop, soon realising that they could look like double exposures.
He uses the in-camera method of editing, (all of the images he requires are created with only the camera), in his Double Exposure Photography. He sees this type of image as “A visual journey through our minds by calm and tidy means, which the reality of life does not show”.
He did a darkroom techniques evening course, whilst doing his degree. he used a Holga 120 film rudimentary plastic camera made in Hong Kong, which is known for its cheap construction. Its wobbly casing edges cause light to get into the film, creating fuzzy blurry images.
His photographic style came from experimenting with this analogue camera. Photos taken using this camera have won awards, its simplicity and unusual images it can create making it popular. David Burnett, an award winning American Photojournalist won a prize with a photo he took of Al Gore during the run up to the American 2000 presidential election.The camera itself has quite a cult following. In fact, this little camera heavily influenced Kevin Systrom, the creator of Instagram.
He has said that he loved using the Holga, being influenced by other work he saw on Flickr.
The experiments Mountford made with this camera went in all sorts of directions, not all of them successful. It also takes up a lot of time and can be very expensive.
With plenty of experimenting, he figured out ways to use certain parts of an image without having to turn to digitally changing them. He only turns to digital manipulation for his own art to remove marks or change the tone or filter, or to add some vector.
Within his work, he mixes his emotions with his memories, linking them together.
He is inspired by abstract photography.
If he is working on something for a client. He will manipulate an image digitally purely for speed.
His double exposed images make the viewer think about what is going on, they make you question why the images have been chosen.
Each of his images use the same tone throughout, no mixing of different colours.
He is a freelance designer for agencies on some big brands such as Urban Outfitters, Le Monde, and The Barbican. He has had a personal exhibition at the Florence Leoni gallery in Paris.
An unused album cover for Beck Hansen's Morning Phase. 2014.
A screenshot of some of Mountford's work.
"The Butterfly Lion". 2011.
A screenshot of some of Mountford's work.
"The Butterfly Lion". 2011.
Mountford did the final album cover for this album. This particular version has Beck looking off into the distance, his long hair swirling around his face, and his hat. mage comes across as earthy and confident