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Tino 10 Years2016–2026

On 30 October, Dutch photographer Bastiaan Woudt opens a show built on ten years of working with a single model, Tinotenda Mushore. Fifteen works, made between 2016 and 2026. It started in 2015 with a moodboard he showed her, in which she recognised something of herself. What the fifteen works show together is a shift rather than a repetition: the earliest pieces are skin, hair and grain, while form gradually takes over. In Cycle II from 2020 the face is a silhouette between two white discs, and in Fold from 2022 the body almost disappears under a pleated fan. The newest work, Modiste, comes from a shoot the two of them did in March 2026 for Maison Michel, the Paris hat house owned by Chanel. Work from this series is held by the Getty Museum, the Rijksmuseum and Museum Kranenburgh, and has been sold at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips. The show runs from 30 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 at Studio Woudt, Hazenkoog 9, Alkmaar.

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Henro2026

HENRO is a photographic project born from a pilgrimage. In March 2024, Bastiaan Woudt and his brother travelled to the Japanese island of Shikoku to cycle the Henro, one of the oldest and most revered pilgrimage routes in the world. What returned was not a record of the journey, but something closer to its residue: fragments of an experience that resists full translation into language.

© Bastiaan Woudt

General Workongoing

General Work is the ongoing body of work at the centre of Bastiaan Woudt's practice. Studio portraits, nudes, silhouettes, and abstract compositions in monochrome. Minimal, graphic, sculptural. All editions strictly limited, produced on archival paper. Held in the collections of the Getty Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and Museum Kranenburgh.

Overview

Bastiaan Woudt (b. 1987, Netherlands) is a self-taught photographer whose work moves between fine art and editorial. Known for his stark black-and-white imagery, he draws from the Dutch Masters and mid-century fashion photography. His work has been published in Harper's Bazaar, British Vogue, Numéro Paris and New York Magazine, with solo exhibitions at Museum Kranenburgh, Phillips New York, Bildhalle and Fahey/Klein Gallery.

Mukono2017

Mukono is both a document and a meditation. It reflects the beauty, strength, and dignity of its subjects while embodying a photographic language that is both contemporary and classic. In October 2017, Bastiaan Woudt traveled to Mukono, Uganda, at the invitation of the Marie-Stella-Maris Foundation, an Amsterdam-based organization that uses proceeds from water sales to fund clean drinking water projects worldwide. He was given a single brief: find a link with water.

© Bastiaan Woudt

Karawan2017

A two-week journey through Morocco that began as a photography trip and quietly became a lesson in restraint, intuition, and knowing when to step back rather than add more.

© Bastiaan Woudt

PEAK2020

Peak is a visual journey into the heart of the Himalayas, a body of work that captures the raw power of the mountains and the quiet resilience of the people who inhabit them. In 2019, Bastiaan Woudt spent 26 days trekking through the Annapurna region of Nepal. Not to reach the summit, but to be in the mountains. To walk.

© Bastiaan Woudt

Champions2024

Champions is a collaboration with Orange Babies, created during their 25th anniversary in Zambia, supporting HIV/AIDS prevention. The project raised over €200,000 for the foundation.

© Bastiaan Woudt

Echo From Beyond2024

Echo from Beyond is an experimental project alongside my photography practice. Where I use photography to capture the world around me, I use this project to capture the world within. Through AI and my photographic archive of fifteen years, I create new images born from my inner world, inspired by the journeys I've made, daily life, and psychedelic experiences.

© Bastiaan Woudt