Bastiaan Woudt’s journey through Morocco brought him from dazzling metropolitan cityscapes, to the staggering mountains of the High Atlas and the sand dunes of the Sahara. It was a clash of cultures between the hustle and bustle of metropolitan city life, to the more conservative communities in the southern regions, but also between the culture of the artist and of the prospective model. As an artist, most comfortable with his subject in the safe surroundings in his own studio, he translated the impressions of Morocco into dazzling sessions with models of Moroccan descent, dressed in traditional garb, to fully make the series his own. The end result is a series where Woudt has managed to successfully marry different subjects – portait, landscape, still photography together in one cohesive story about his own vision of Morocco. A land of languid heat, soaring landscapes and intriguing people, all captured in Woudt’s signature colors: black, white and grey.
Bastiaan Woudt, Karawan
April 5th to May 29th
art’otel
Prins Hendrikkade 33
1012 TM Amsterdam
The Netherlands
http://www.artotelamsterdam.com/
Bastiaan Woudt is represented by Kahmann Gallery, in Amsterdam.
