I immigrated to the US chasing the American dream. Even at eleven, I pictured it clearly: a ranch, the wide open west, an iconic pickup truck. The decay in that truck is the decay in the dream itself — increasingly distant for so many, increasingly uncertain. Is it still alive?
Beate Walden, born in Frankfurt, Germany. is recognized for her photographic dreamprint artwork that blurs the boundaries between reality and imagination. She is included in the winning images at the IPA Awards, the LICC Awards as well as the PX3 Paris Photo Prize. Solo shows in Los Angeles and San Miguel de Allende. Inspired by poetry, philosophy and the foundations of human nature, Beate Walden’s photonarratives blend beauty and truth with humor and dreamlike magic—a horizon into her unique visual alchemy.