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For 16 years I was a ballet dancer with Dutch National Ballet. During that time I also began photographing. Throughout my life in ballet, dance was the most important source of inspiration for my photographs.
I still photograph ballet dancers; they continue to fascinate me. That is what I want to show in my work.
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Dancers captured at the intersection of movement and stillness, with each image feeling like a carefully composed moment where dance, light and photographic timing come together.
Photographer Rob van Woerkom began his career as a ballet dancer, a fascination that started in his youth. To him, dancers were an example of artistic maturity. They seemed to possess a certain superiority, as if they carried a deep secret that could only be revealed through dance. Words did not seem enough; only dance could translate that mystery.
For sixteen years Rob van Woerkom was a ballet dancer with Dutch National Ballet. During that time he also began photographing. Throughout his ballet life, the art of dance was the most important source of inspiration for his photographs. He still photographs ballet dancers; they continue to fascinate him. That is what he wants to show in his work.
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