Laura Levine

Laura Levine 'yar Amurka ce mai fasahar gani mai yawan horo. An fi saninta da hotunanta na masu fasaha daga punk, farkon hip-hop, New Wave, No Wave, da farkon wurin waƙar New York City. Ayyukan Levine sun haɗa da hotuna masu kyan gani na Björk, REM, Clash, Afrika Bambaataa, Ramones, Beastie Boys, Iggy Pop, da Madonna, da sauransu.    

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Levine ta girma a Chinatown na Manhattan.  Lokacin da ta kai shekaru goma sha hudu, ta je wurin nunin Diane Arbus a gidan kayan tarihi na fasahar zamani kuma ta sami sha'awar ɗaukar hoto. Ta ari kyamarar mahaifinta kuma ta yi rajista don azuzuwan duhu na bayan makaranta a henry Street Settlement kuma da farko ta fara daukar hotunan titi na zamani a unguwarta. Wata mai son kiɗa, Levine ta fara harbin wasan kide-kide tun tana matashiya, tana zazzage kyamararta zuwa wuraren da ake boyewa ta hanyar boyewa a cikin wando. A 16, ta buga takardar shaidar karya ta karya domin ta harba Paul Simon da Patti Smith a Central Park, kuma bayan "magana da kanta," an amince da ita a matsayin mai daukar hoto a karon farko. 

Levine ta halarci Jami'ar Harvard; duk da cewa ta yi karatun anthropology, amma ta fi mayar da hankali a jami'a kan ɗaukar hoto. Ta harba sabbin labarai na yau da kullun a matsayin shugabar hoto a Harvard Crimson, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin babban ɗakin karatu na UPI da Newsweek . A lokacin rani na ƙaramar shekararta, ta shiga cikin jaridar Washington Post, wanda ya buga hotuna sama da 70 akan batutuwan da suka haɗa da taron manema labarai na Fadar White House, rayuwar kurkuku, da kuma Goodyear Blimp. 

 Sana'a 

 Hotuna 
Bayan ta koma New York, an hayar Levine a matsayin mai binciken hoto a Mujallar New York kuma ta shiga cikin Muryar Village, inda aka sanya ta akai-akai don harba makada. A matsayinta na mai daukar hoto ga mujallun kiɗa na Burtaniya NME da Sauti, wani lokaci ana sanya ta don harba makada na Burtaniya yayin da suka zo Amurka a karon farko, kuma musamman ta ɗauki hoton Clash a Bond's Casino na tsawon kwanaki biyar a shekarar 1981. Levine freelanced for Interview, da New York Times, Trouser Press, Creem, da Musician kuma an dauke shi a matsayin editan hoto da kuma babban mai ɗaukar hoto na New York Rocker a shekarar 1980. Bugu da kari, Levine da kansa ya kafa harbe-harbe tare da makaɗa da take sha'awar kuma ta yi zaman farko tare da masu fasaha irin su REM ., B-52s, Bangles, da Dream Syndicate, kuma ta ba da hotuna don zane-zanen kundi don sakewa ta masu fasaha ciki har da X, Sauyawa, Robyn Hitchcock, da Joan Jett .  Ana nuna hotunan Levine akai-akai a cikin gidajen tarihi na New York. 

A shekara ta 1994, ta daina harbi, tana mai cewa hakan ya faru ne saboda yadda yanayin ya canza. A cikin wata hira ta shekarar 2011, ta ce: "Zamanin hotuna sun zama harbe-harbe na zamani; sau da yawa salo da kayan shafa sun zama mafi mahimmanci fiye da mai zane-zane. Wani lokaci na sami kaina a kan manyan sauti na sauti, sau da yawa tare da mutane goma ko goma sha biyar a cikin dakin, kowannensu yana da ra'ayi game da abin da mai zane ko ya kamata in yi. Na rasa kusanci da amincin zaman taro na daya-on-daya. duba inda masana'antar ta dosa, marufi da masu sana'ar sayar da kayayyaki, kuma abin ya baci a gare ni."  

A cikin shekarar 2010, an nuna hotunan Levine a cikin Wane Shot Rock & Roll: Tarihin Hoto, 1955 zuwa Present, wanda ya samo asali a Gidan Tarihi na Brooklyn. A cikin shekarar 2011, Steven Kasher Gallery ya rattaba hannu kan Levine zuwa jerin masu fasaha da suka gabatar da Mawaka, nunin salon solo na farko na Levine. Nunin ya ƙunshi hotuna sama da 35 na inna da na zamani daga ma'ajiyar tarihin Levine, sun haɗa da kwafin azurfa na gelatin iri ɗaya.   .

 Zane, zane, da rayarwa 
Kodayake babban fifikonta ya kasance kan daukar hoto, a duk tsawon aikinta Levine ta yi aiki a wasu hanyoyin sadarwa, gami da zane-zane, zane-zane, da rayarwa. Yayin da take harbi, ta mai da hankali kan fasahar gani, kuma ta kwatanta Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll, littafin yara, tare da kalmomi na Holly George-Warren. Sai ta zana hotuna da yawa na majagaba na waƙar ƙasar, waɗanda ta tsara don littafin yara. Honky Tonk Heroes da Hillbilly Mala'iku: Majagaba na Ƙasa & Yamma Music. Littafin hoto na farko na Levine shine Wig! , haɗin gwiwa tare da B-52s . 

An kwatanta salon Levine a matsayin mai zane da mai zane a matsayin "naif" ta Kirkus Reviews .  Misalanta, waɗanda suka bayyana a cikin Time da New York Magazine, ban da sauran wallafe-wallafen, an yaba su daidai.  

Misalai na Levine da aka ƙirƙira don Shake, Rattle & Roll an nuna su a cikin ƙasa a gidajen tarihi da gidajen tarihi ciki har da Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame and Museum a Cleveland, EMP Museum a Seattle, Yard Dog Folk Art a Austin, da Buddy Holly Center a Lubbock, Texas. Hotunanta na majagaba na dutse da nadi suna cikin tarin dindindin na Dutsen da Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. 

 Fim da bidiyo 
Levine ya jagoranci bidiyon kiɗa da yawa,  kuma yayi aiki tare da REM da sauran mawakan Athens, Georgia akan fim ɗin ƙarƙashin ƙasa na Super-8, Kamar Fim. Ta ƙirƙira kuma ta ba da umarni guda biyu na shirye-shirye: Peekaboo Sunday, wanda aka nuna a gasar a bikin Fim na Sundance  da Digging don Yaren mutanen Holland, wanda ya ci lambar yabo ta 2001 Torchlight Project na New York City don Mafi kyawun Feature-Length Film. 

 Na sirri 
Levine yana zaune a Soho . Ta mallaki kuma tana gudanar da The Mystery Spot, kantin sayar da kayan girki a Phoenicia, New York .  

 Tari 

 The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame da Museum
 The National Hoto Gallery / Smithsonian Institute
 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
 Gidan Buluu
 The Experience Music Project, Seattle
 Cibiyar Buddy Holly, Lubbock, Texas

 Nunin da aka zaɓa 

 Solo 

 Mawaƙa, Steven Kasher Gallery, Birnin New York (2011)
 Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2007)

 Rukuni 

 American Cool, National Hoto Gallery / Cibiyar Smithsonian
 Kallon Kiɗa 3.0, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Zamani, Birnin New York (2012)
 Wutar Baya: Hoton Rock & Roll, Gidan Tarihi na Art Currier, Manchester (2012)
 Wanene Ya Harba Rock da Roll: Tarihin Hoto, Space Annenberg don Hoto, Los Angeles, California (2012)
 Buɗe don Dutse, Juzu'i na 2, Littattafan Harper, Gabashin Hampton, New York (2012)
 Matan da suke Rock: Vision, So, Power, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio (2012)
 Shekaru hamsin na Rock n' Roll: Matan da suka yi Rock, Adris Gallery, Rovinj, Croatia (2011)
 Vivienne Westwood 1980-1989, Gidan Tarihi na FIT, Birnin New York (2011)
 Hip-Hop, A Cultural Odyssey, Gidan Tarihi na Grammy, Los Angeles, California (2011)

 Kyauta 

 Kyautar Aperture daga Rave Magazine
 "Arba'in Top Magazine Covers" daga Ƙungiyar Mawallafin Mujallu na Amirka
 Kyautar Torchlight don Mafi kyawun Tsawon Fim

 Littafi Mai Tsarki 

 Heroes Honky-Tonk da Hillbilly Mala'iku: Majagaba na Ƙasar & Western Music wanda Houghton Miffin ya buga (2006)
 Shake, Rattle & Roll: Wanda ya kafa Rock & Roll Houghton Miffin ya buga (2001)
 Wig! Hyperion ne ya buga (1995)

 Manazarta 

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Gidan yanar gizon hukuma
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