Maybe it’s no coincidence that Amsterdam-based photographer Bastiaan Woudt’s initials echo the only colors he uses in his striking work. With nods to Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Albert Watson—and many other masters of the black-and-white image—his facility with chiaroscuro renditions of the human frame combined with classic shapes and forms has become a globally recognized signature. “I fell in love with the deliberate decision to make an image and not just take an image,” as the artist says.
