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Vanhoutte responds to this critique with typical dry wit. In a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) that was later archived, he wrote: "If adding dust makes a bad photo good, then it was never a bad photo. You just didn't see the dust in your mind yet." In 2020, the term "Vanhoutte-esque" started appearing on
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