The images shown are an emotional diary of the feelings and bodily changes of my first pregnancy. Left alone by the partner to cope with the new circumstances. I am feeling lost and drowned in illusions and disbelief. Next to it, feeling the wonders of having a new life growing inside myself and wanting to nurture it. Wanting to change but feeling helpless and needy. A struggle deep down inside. Wanting to give up life. Sharing my body but also having to grow in spirit to simply deal and response to what I have created. A letting go of dreams and allowing the presence to just be what it is. My new Real-ity. My body and heart being a place of prayer. The camera always there to witness intimate emotions and subconscious beliefs, supporting me to become an observer of myself. Realising myself through viewing my images, my life and my truth. This process is helping me to come to a point of understanding and relief.
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Bettina Salomon was born (1969) and raised in Austria, where she graduated at Klessheim college with a degree in Hotel management and tourism. After this she travelled extensively in Asia for 18 months (1993 – 94) and moved to London in 1995, where she started working as a freelance photo assistant for an advertising photographer for three years. In her 8 year period in London, she participated in several courses regarding photography and multimedia. She has been signed to Getty Images, the Science Photo Library and Millennium Picture Library in London. As a professional photographer she has been working in the UK (1995-2002), San Francisco (1999-2002) and since 2003 in Austria. Since 2003 she is holding photography workshops on a regular basis. Bettina started showing her fine art work in Hong Kong in 1993. Numerous group and solo shows followed since then in Europe (United Kingdom, Spain, Austria) and San Francisco. She has been nominated to participate in a showing and a book by the International Museum of Women in San Francisco, which were launched in March 2006 (www.imow.org). In the year 2003 she was invited to participate in an art residency programme in Budapest, in 2006 to go to Sardinia and in 2007 to travel to Tel Aviv. Currently she is working on her first book.
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