This image confronts the painful irony of moral ideals in a system that often punishes the honest and rewards indifference. It speaks of the daily struggle of those who are unseen, unheard, and forced to trade dignity for the barest means of survival. In a world, where the morally elevated concept of truth does not feed you, what legacy does honesty really leave?
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.