peak project
In a world where storytelling is increasingly at the core of art, I sometimes wonder: does every work of art really need a narrative? Must we always seek out or even create a story to justify the value of a work?
Read More4 of my works from the Peak series will be available among the works from more than 100 inspirational photographers. This year's focus is on creating opportunities and education for the next generation of photographers and conservationists who are focused on the environment with 60% of profits being donated to Jane Goodall inst's Roots and Shoots program and to the Vital Impacts mentorship and grant programs.
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My Swiss gallery BILDHALLE is showing my “Peak” project as an online exhibition.
“It gives us great pleasure to present “Peak”, Bastiaan Woudt’s latest series. The NZZ magazine devoted an eight-page portfolio to the artist last Sunday, writing as follows: “Nepal, home of the highest mountains, is known for its mythic cold. A photographer from the flat Netherlands is impressed. For nearly a month, Bastiaan Woudt, considered one of the most talented contemporary photographers by one of the world’s most renowned photography magazines, travelled to Nepal in the Himalayas. In the area around Annapurna, he climbed to nearly 6000 metres. The resulting photographs, now published in book form, picture not only the cold beauty of this mystical land of snow but also the culture brought forth by exceptional climatic conditions.”
Take a peak: the mountains and mysticism of Nepal – in pictures
Despite no real climbing experience, photographer Bastiaan Woudt went in search of the Himalayas’ highest peaks … and himself
