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Looking back to move forward

How do you build on the past without being trapped by it?

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Bastiaan Woudt
Mar 29, 2025
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Lately I've been thinking about that balance - how an artist moves between revisiting what made them who they are and pushing into the unknown. A recent conversation with my gallery led me back to some of my earlier work, the work that shaped me and became part of what people recognize as my photography.

Rhythm, 2020

And I don't see that as a bad thing. S…

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