A Woman's Work

08/03/2021

Happy International Women's Day 💛🧡💜❤️!!! In the past we would have met and celebrated in person. Now everything happens online. I have to admit it's still quite hard for me, however, I wanted to mark this occasion somehow.
I decided to share the whole content of "A Woman's Work" book on my new blog. I hope you enjoy and share. But if you can, close the computers and go out for a walk ☀😄

Stories of inspiring, inspirational women and role models. Career advice for young people. Inspiration for people who would like to change a profession. Women in photography. A Woman's Work book. Inspirational platform - photographs and profiles of women.

04/02/2021

Happy birthday to this wonderful woman - the glass artist Róisín de Buitléar

Read about her and about other inspiring women in the blog - link in bio.

01/02/2021

Happy St. Brigid's Day!
Although still far from spring, this day is to remind us about renewal, new growth, and escape from darkness... Our biggest hope these days.
To celebrate and to try to escape the dark, I'm launching A Woman's Work Online www.awomanswork.ie.

Read stories from A Woman's Work book and meet new inspiring women.
Also, this is a new website for all your visual content needs. You can book your portrait, or branding photoshoot here or you can get in touch and discuss your video project.

31/10/2020

Earlier this year we have created a short documentary about Dil Wickremasinghe. For various production reasons we were not able to share it. Anyway, my brain is somehow refusing to take into consideration that there was a half year between March and now. The time in which a lot of us got lost.
We're slowly returning back to work which will include continuation of this page and A Woman's Work project and I thought those pictures that we took right before the first lockdown will be nice way of a gentle and slow comeback.
Lovely faces of Dil, the DOP extraordinaire Waldeck, the legend that is the sound engineer Kennington and the best assistant we ever had Van de Waal.

23/08/2019

Two films from Ireland were selected for the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in LA and will be screened at the end of September in Beverly Hills. Both about strong inspiring women and made by women: Jaro Waldeck behind camera, Iseult Howlett editing, Aoife McHale sound mixing and Beta Bajgart Photographer directing and producing. Thrilled and grateful, go team A Woman's Work!!!
Lisa Levins Rosemary Smith

31/05/2019

Earlier this year I was commissioned to take pictures of women who are running marathon. I travelled all over Ireland to meet and photograph them and yet again I was inspired by their strength, energy and enthusiasm. They are local heroes, contributing to their communities, juggling work, motherhood or caring for relatives. They are giving up their time for others, organising groups to get out training, fundraising or creating awareness for causes that are special to them. They make real difference to us all. Good luck to them and to all those fabulous ladies running this Sunday Dubiln Women's Mini Marathon. Vhi Women's Mini Marathon 2019 Beta Bajgart Photographer

15/12/2018

Work aside, this year was mad. Life happened in multitude. We had to move house and ended up buying our own place. Constantly moaning about the stress of it and not being grateful enough...
But we were able to afford our own place!! When I’m looking back at pictures I took recently, this one stands out now.
This beautiful lady, Alice Leahy, devoted her life to helping others, people without a home. I borrowed her quote from Catherine Cleary's book 'The Stars Are Our Only Warmth':
“Lots of things will be assumed if you live in a doorway, a tent or a hostel. You will be labeled a client, a customer, a service user, a number. If I’ve learned anything, it is not to make assumptions about anyone. Boxes are not for people. At least, not while they’re alive.”
The Alice Leahy Trust is a non-judgemental, befriending, social and health service for people who are homeless. Her memoir was published by The O'Brien Press.

26/11/2018

AMZING!!!! Massive congratulations to the golden girl, world boxing champion Kellie Kelly Harrington.

Ireland's newly-crowned world lightweight champion Kellie Harrington has set her sights on repeating yesterday's gold medal performance at the Tokyo Olympics in two years' time.

25/10/2018

"Fast and Faster" is the name of the documentary I made about the queen of irish motor sport Rosemary Smith. Screening this weekend at The Richard Harris International Film Festival in Limerick. This is the only production picture I have from the filming. Myself, Rosemary and the brilliant director of photography Jaro Waldeck at the end of the day. It was my first directing and producing work and I will never be grateful enough to Rosemary and the whole team for having a faith in me.

24/10/2018

This Saturday The Richard Harris International Film Festival is screening my short film Life, Boat, Home about the brave and beautiful badass that is Lisa Levins, lifeboat navigator in Clogherhead. Lisa is featured in A Woman's Work book. Amazing, inspiring lady, role model for every girl. More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/170122557255385/
Please share if you can and thank you.

30/09/2018

Yo, thanks so much The Richard Harris International Film Festival for selecting my films about Rosemary Smith and Lisa Levins!
Short docs "Fast and Faster" and "Life, Boat, Home" were created with the dream team: DOP Jaro Waldeck, editor Iseult Howlett and sound master Aoife McHale