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Betina Samaia

India - Memories of What I Have Never Seen

Childhood dreams of parental letters, filled with tales of distant lands, echoed in my journey to India. Amid serene pathways, my modified camera captured dreamlike scenes, mirroring Bhagavad Gita's illustrations. Divine encounters unfolded, blending magic with photography.

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Color Photography Contest

2024

Silver

Conceptual

Professional

India - Memories of What I Have Never Seen

Childhood dreams of parental letters, filled with tales of distant lands, echoed in my journey to India. Amid serene pathways, my modified camera captured dreamlike scenes, mirroring Bhagavad Gita's illustrations. Divine encounters unfolded, blending magic with photography.

About Artist

Betina Samaia

Betina Samaia is a Brazilian photographer. Born in São Paulo (SP), in 1964, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo) and seeks to register images from the unconscious by traveling, freely moving between past and present, reality and imagination. With series named Through the Mirror, Choreography of Chaos, The Forests of My Dreams, Nocturnes, Amazon -The Green’s End, India - Memories of What I Have Never Seen, Africa, among others, she has participated in several solo and group exhibitsin Brazil, France, Morocco and the United States. Over the past decade, her photo essays have beenfeatured in theEspace des Arts Sans Frontières (Paris), La Quatrième Image (Paris), Magic Brésil (Paris), Carrousel du Louvre (Paris), Le Rencontres de La Photographie Marrakesh (Morroco), Le Magazyn (California), Nacional Historical Museum (Rio de Janeiro), Paraty em Foco (Rio de Janeiro), Casa da Cultura de Paraty (Rio de Janeiro), Museum of Image and Sound (São Paulo), Art 57 Gallery (São Paulo), Centro Cultural da Caixa Econômica (São Paulo), Valu Oria Gallery (São Paulo) and Festival Transatlântico - Mario Cravo Neto Institute. Won several international prizes and is author of the books Amazon - The Green’s End (Edition Bessard, 2021), Multiverso - Quarentena Books 2 (IpsisPub, 2021), Out into the Night (Madalena Publisher, 2017), and Blue (Madalena Publisher, 2015).

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