ABOUT
Welcome to Dee Aitch Photography, a visual practice led by Dee Holt, a Fine Art, Environmental, and Surf Photographer based in Northern England. Working across both digital and analogue processes, Dee’s photography is grounded in experimentation, critical inquiry, and a practice-as-research methodology that explores how images are made, transformed, and understood.
Dee holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Photography and an MFA in Photography with Distinction, and is currently undertaking a practice-led PhD in Fine Art. This academic foundation underpins a research-driven approach to image-making, where theory, process, and material experimentation are integral to the work.
With extensive experience in photographic education, Dee has previously taught adult learners, A-level students, and undergraduate students within further and higher education. While no longer teaching in formal academic settings, this experience continues through one-to-one mentoring, bespoke workshops, and collaborative sessions, supporting photographers at different stages of their creative development. Dee’s approach encourages both technical confidence and critical thinking, from action-based photography to experimental and alternative processes such as pinhole and mixed-media analogue practice.
Dee is openly neurodivergent and works within a neuro-inclusive framework, valuing diverse ways of thinking, seeing, and engaging with creative practice. This ethos informs both their photographic work and learning environments, fostering accessible, flexible, and supportive spaces for collaboration and exploration.
Specialising in Environmental and Fine Art Photography, Dee draws on a scientific background to engage with environmental themes and ecological concerns. Their analogue work often incorporates materials gathered from photographed locations, embedding place directly into the photographic object through experimental development, printing, and exhibition methods.
At Dee Aitch Photography, photography functions as both image and inquiry-sparking dialogue, reflection, and environmental awareness. Dee invites viewers to experience the world through multiple perspectives, both with-and beyond-the conventional lens.