Hanne van der Woude studied at ArteZ Academy of Arts in Arnhem from 1999 - 2003 and after that at the School of Photography in Apeldoorn until 2007. She already exhibited during her studies, which culminated in a solo exhibition in the Fotomuseum The Hague with her series 'MC1R - Natural Red Hair'. Her book, with the same name, was published by d'jonge Hond in May 2008 and immediately needed a second edition.
Inspired to document the natural phenomenon of red hair after reading of its decline in the larger population, van der Woude's series Natural redheads juxtaposes the vibrancy of her subjects' glorious manes with the early lushness of the Dutch landscape.
