E. E. Blake

Ernest Edgar Blake (1879-1961) ya kasance mai gabatar da fina-finai masu motsi, Shugaban Kodak" id="mwDA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eastman Kodak">Kodak UK kuma yana da alhakin duk tallace-tallace na fina-fallace na Kodak a Burtaniya, Turai da mafi yawan Daular Burtaniya sama da shekaru ashirin.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Blake a Bedford a shekara ta 1879, ɗan William Blake wanda ya koma Bedford don gudanar da kasuwancin daukar hoto, da Annie Blake, ƙwararren mai ɗaukar hoto. Lokacin da ya bar Bedford Modern School a shekara ta 1895 'mai koyar da shi ya gaya masa cewa shi saurayi ne mai laushi, mai magana, mara kwakwalwa wanda ba zai taɓa zama mai kyau ba'. 

 Ayyuka 
Blake ya bi ɗan'uwansa Bill zuwa cikin kasuwancin mahaifinsu kuma 'yan uwan sun yi aiki tare a matsayin masu fitila ga malamai da masu aiki da haske don wasan kwaikwayo da jam'iyyun kide-kide'. 

Annie Blake ta karfafa Blake da ɗan'uwansa su ɗauki Fim din da aka fara a London da Paris a ƙarshen 1880s. Daga shekara ta 1897 'yan uwan Blake' sun kirkiro hoton hoto mai tafiya ta amfani da su na farko kuma daga bisani mai haskaka gas wanda suka yi amfani da shi don jigilar a kusa da ƙauyukan Bedfordshire ta amfani da doki da tarko'. Yana nuna hotunan motsi ga masu sauraro tun farkon shekara ta 1897.

Eastman Kodak, kamfanin fina-finai da kyamara na Amurka, ya fara kafa cibiyar sadarwar shaguna a duk faɗin Burtaniya inda Blake da mahaifinsa suka riga sun kasance masu sayarwa. A cikin 1903, Blake ya shiga Kodak Ltd. a matsayin mai zanga-zanga da mai siyarwa. 

A shekara ta 1911, Blake ya zama janar manajan sashen fim na Kodak .  Lokacin da aka kira shi zuwa aiki a lokacin yakin duniya na, an ba da izini ga Blake a cikin RAF don yin aiki a kan ayyukan daukar hoto na sama.

Bayan yaƙin, Blake ya zama manajan Turai da na kasashen waje na Kodak. A wannan lokacin, fim din motsi ya zama babban tushen kudaden shiga ga Kodak kuma Blake ya ziyarci ɗakunan fina-finai a duniya. A shekara ta 1946, an sanya Blake a matsayin Shugaban Kodak UK wanda ke kula da babban fadada kamfanin a Burtaniya da Turai; ya zama mai ritaya yana da shekaru 75 amma ya kasance mai ba da shawara kuma a ƙarshe bai yi murabus daga mukaminsa ba har sai ya kai shekaru 80.

 Rayuwar iyali 
Blake, wanda ke ci gaba da sha'awar ya buga wasan polo na ruwa a farkon shekarunsa kuma zai kasance yana da alaƙa da rugby a duk rayuwarsa, kasancewar shi Shugaban Bedford RUFC daga 1938 har zuwa mutuwarsa.  Blake ya mutu a Bedford a 1961 kuma matarsa Louise da ɗansa George Sidney William Blake ne suka tsira.

Blake, 'mai farin ciki da karfi a cikin daukar hoto' kuma 'ɗaya daga cikin maza masu tasiri a masana'antar fina-finai ta duniya,' an san shi da yawa a matsayin 'mutum mai launi... hali mai ƙarfi da ƙasa wanda aka ba da ra'ayoyi masu ƙarfi da nuna bambanci', sananne ne ga jawabinsa bayan abincin dare tare da labarun daga kasuwancin fim; an ce zai iya haɗuwa da kowa. Lord Morrison na Lambeth, wanda ya kasance shugaban kwamitin kula da fina-finai na Burtaniya, da sauransu da yawa daga duniyar daukar hoto, fim da wasanni sun halarci jana'izarsa.

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Rukuni:Matattun 1961