I create...
...photographs with emotion
...imagination and
moments captured in time....
Simone Betz, the heart and soul behind ROVA FineArt, is a fine arts photographer specializing in digital and analogue surreal portraiture.
Simone was first introduced to photography when she borrowed her dad’s old camera for a summer school class. Developing in a traditional dark room, she was intrigued by the intimacy and mystery of the process. She had her first exhibition at seventeen, showing a collection of double exposures of organic shots of her family and strangers at different ages. She traveled internationally taking portraits as a professional photographer. She then began experimenting with formal conceptual shoots, using organized settings and posed models to bring into the visual world her interior ideas and imaginings. Her work has since reflected her signature blend of dreamlike formality. She currently takes portraits and self-portraits, developing them into surreal images to access the emotional aspect of the image and tell a deeper story.
Philosophically, Simone approaches her work through the Buddhist concept that all life is in a state of flux—even something seemingly motionless is in a state of change. The stillness in each of Simone’s pieces shows a deeper movement of inner life. She works to touch the people. She photographs, helping them discover their own story and become more empowered. With Simone, photography isn’t simply an image, but a transformative process.
Kunst SupermART, May 31 - June 2, Nuremberg - Germany
Stadttheater Fürth Art agency Hammond, December 1 - January 14, Fuerth - Germany
Lights and shadows, November 29 -December 7, 2018, GALLERIA MERLINO, FIRENZE
Unveiled treasures, December 10.-20., 2018, GALLERIA MERLINO, FIRENZE
CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE 2018, October 19- 21 Paris, France
PRECIOUS ART, October 16 - 25, 2018, GALLERIA MERLINO, FIRENZE
IMAGE Nation Paris November 9.-11, 2018, France
IMAGE Nation Arles, France 16.-22.07.2018
ART Innsbruck 25.-26.01. 2018 through ArtExpertise, Austria
Solo exhibition - Weinerei Nuremberg, Germany - 1.3.-28.04.2018
VIEW¹¹ - Nuremberg, June 2017, Germany
IMAGE Nation Paris November 2017, France
FAPA Fine Art Photography award: Fine Art 1st place winner (Amateur)
ND Award: Fine Art 2nd place winner (non professional)
Get inspired magazine - December 2018
NOIR book - by get inspired magazine
Affinity spotlight - Interview "nothing is impossible"
Kwerfeldein - Von der Idee zum Bild
Ricoh Imaging - Pentax 645z - "Time series"
Kwerfeldein - Landschaften Färoer Inseln
Ricoh Imaging - Pentax 645z - "Fähringer Frauen"
Stubborn magazine - Winter wonderland
Imaginated Magazine - January 2017
Stubborn magazine - Dream issue
Imaginated Magazine - February 2017
Imaginated Magazine - May 2017
PHOTOGRAPHIE - 06/2017 - EINE KLEINE GESCHICHTE DER ZEIT