Organizing photos in the catalog

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Several ways to do this:
In the filter bar, choose metadata, then select keyword as the criterion for the first two columns, then select keyword 1 in column 1, and keyword 2 in column 2, etc.
Use a smart collection, create a smart rule that selects only those photos with the combination of keywords that you want
In the filter bar, choose text, select keywords from the dropdown menu, then "contains all", then type in your keywords

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