The work of this New York-born filmmaker is fuelled by references to the great realist tradition in film, be it the propaganda documentary of the Farm Security Administration in the United States, Italian neorealism, or French cinéma vérité.
Salmon is particularly sensitive to interactions between the soundtrack and the image,[1] which she uses to produce disturbing effects that heighten the documentary sobriety of her films with a lyrical dimension.
[2][3] She has had a solo show at the Witte de With, Rotterdam and the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London in 2007 and Salmon was shown at The Venice Biennale in 2007.
She appeared in the New Contemporaries shows at the Liverpool Biennial and the Barbican Centre in London in 2004[6] and was the first recipient of the MaxMara Art Prize for Women in association with the Whitechapel Gallery in 2006, which included a six-month residency in Italy.
Salmon was a visiting artist/resident at The American Academy in Rome and Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, in Italy during 2006 as part of winning the MaxMara Art Prize.