Lyle Owerko
Lyle Owerko | |
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Born | Lyle Owerko Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
Occupation(s) | Photojournalism, Director |
Notable credit | His TIME cover picture of WTC attack have been called one of the most important in 40 years. |
Website | owerko |
Lyle Owerko is a filmmaker and photographer whose work has ranged from Sundance Channel to Time to MTV. His photos are collected by many business, entertainment and celebrity clients.[1][2] They have been used in several films including Henry Singer's The Falling Man and The Omen, as well as books such as Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.[3] His work is also included in the permanent archive of the Library of Congress[4] in Washington DC. Owerko travels extensively around the world each year shooting assignments and personal work. He resides in New York City.
Early life
[edit]Lyle Owerko was raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. This is where he earned a Masters in Science degree in the communication arts program.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Photography and fine art
[edit]In 2005 Princeton Architectural Press published Jennifer New's book Drawing From Life, which featured Owerko's journals as well as those of Mike Figgis, David Byrne, Carol Beckwith and Maira Kalman.[5]
In 2006 Owerko traveled to Africa as part of Dr. Jeffrey Sachs’ Millennium Promise initiative, documenting the lives of the Lau people of Sauri, Kenya.[6] Current initiatives range from the multi-media exhibition, to an art installation of large-scale portraits of the Samburu Warrior tribe.[7][8]
In 2010 Abrams published The Boombox Project, his historical overview of the history of a seminal pop-culture icon. The books release was covered by many news outlets including The New York Times,[9] New York Magazine,[10] The Huffington Post,[11] Fast Company,[12] CBS News,[13] and National Public Radio.[14] That same year Hasselblad Cameras named him a "Hasselblad Master" for his work as a fine art photojournalist.[15]
Lyle's work can be seen in many museum and private collections including the Victoria & Albert in London, which holds part of his Boombox collection in their permanent archive of 20th-century historically significant objects. His work can be seen at Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, and Whisper Fine Art in London.
Journalism
[edit]Owerko shot the photograph featured on the cover of Time on September 11, 2001, the day of the 9/11 attacks, which showed the impact of United Airlines Flight 175.[16] In 2005 the American Society of Magazine Editors ranked it as 25th out of a list of the 40 most important magazine covers in the last 40 years.[17] Since 2001, Lyle Owerko has been profiled and given interviews about that day and his work.[18]
A portion of Owerko’s personal work as a photographer can be viewed in the self-published book And No Birds Sang, featuring images he took from September 11, 2001.[19]
Music videos
[edit]Owerko has worked with a number of musicians including Jesse Harris, Rufus Wainwright and American Hi-Fi. He shot the music video for the first single on Jesse Harris' 2007 album Feel. He also directed a tour documentary for American Hi-Fi's 2001 tour and his photo of a smashed boombox became the cover for the album Rock n'Roll Noodle Shop: Live from Tokyo. In 2012 Lyle directed a series of music videos for Jesse Harris using purely an iPhone, which included the songs Sad Blues [20] and I Won't Wait [21] In 2013 he also directed the video for the title track of Jesse Harris' album "Borne Away".[22]
Advertising
[edit]Owerko has directed Robert Redford in a series of Sundance Channel commercial spots. He also worked with Compound shooting live action elements for the 1999 IBM e-culture campaign that led to a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.
Awards
[edit]- New York Art Directors Club
- National Press Photographers Association
- American Photography[permanent dead link]
References
[edit]- ^ Keys, Alicia. "Singer". Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ Burns, Edward. "Filmmaker". New York Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ cuspconference.com (2012). "Presenters". cuspconference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "Library of Congress". Sept. 11th Web Archives. Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 September 2001. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ New, Jennifer (2012). "Drawing from Life". jennifernew.com. Archived from the original on March 5, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ Owerko, Lyle (2012). "Millennium Promise". apogeephoto.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ Owerko, Lyle (2012). "Faces of Poverty Project". pub. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ nppa.org (2012). "2nd Place, Serial Portrait Package". nppa.org. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "When the Beat Came in a Box". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Best Bet". nymag.com.
- ^ "Bass is Fundamental". huffingtonpost.co.uk.
- ^ "THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE BOOMBOX". fastcompany.com.
- ^ "Boomboxes a real blast from the past". cbsnews.com.
- ^ "The History of the Boombox". National Public Radio.
- ^ "Hasselblad TV segment on Lyle Owerko".
- ^ Mitsui, Evan (August 23, 2011). "The 9/11 cover that captured the world". CBC News. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ ASME (October 17, 2005). "ASME's Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years". magazine.org. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ "Interview on Canada.com for 9/11 tenth anniversary". Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Owerko, Lyle. And No Birds Sang (2002 ed.). Wonderlust Industries.- Total pages: 92
- ^ "Video for Sad Blues by Jesse Harris". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Video for I Won't Wait by Jesse Harris".
- ^ "Video for Borne Away by Jesse Harris".