Van Leo

Van Leo (amuru Levon Alexander Boyadjian ; Nọvemba 20, 1921 – Maachị 18, 2002) bụ onye na-ese foto onye Armenia-Ijipt nke amaara maka ọtụtụ ihe onyonyo onwe ya na ihe osise nke ndị ama ama n’oge ya.

 Biography na ọrụ 
A mụrụ na November 1921 na Alaeze Ukwu Ottoman, Van Leo tolitere n'oge oge mgbukpọ na mkpagbu Armenia ma soro ezinụlọ ya gbapụ mgbe ọ dị afọ 4 iji gbaba n'Ijipt. Ọ bụ naanị n'ihi ọnọdụ nna ya nwere oke mmekọrịta ọha na eze dị ka onye na-arụ ọrụ maka ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Baghdad nke German nwere ka Levon na ezinụlọ ya gbanarị mgbukpọ ahụ na Alaeze Ukwu Ottoman. Corgnati, Martina. "Van Leo: An Armenian Photographer in Cairo". Excerpt from A Photographer called Van Leo. 2007. Web. Na Egypt, Levon gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ozi Bekee nke English Mission College sochiri ya. Ọ bụ na English Mission College, n'ihe dị ka afọ 16 ma ọ bụ 17, mgbe ọ zụtachara akwụkwọ ozi Hollywood nke kpakpando ihe nkiri ama ama ka Levon chọpụtara mmasị ya na foto. N'ịbụ ndị Hollywood na ụwa nke sinima nwere mmasị na ya, Levon kpebiri ịkwụsị ọmụmụ ihe ya, mgbe ọ debanyere aha ya na Mahadum America na Cairo na 1940 iji gbasoo agụụ ya. Levon nwetara ọzụzụ na Studio Venus nke onye ama ama onye Armenia na-ese foto aha ya bụ Artinian nwere tupu ya na nwanne ya nwoke Angelo meghere ihe nkiri nke ya na Jenụwarị, 1941, n'ime ụlọ nke ụlọ ha. Iverson, Barry. "The Life of Cairo Master Photographer Van Leo." Van Leo: A Rare Look. Cairo: The American University in Cairo, 2012. Print. Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị ahịa ụmụnna bụ ndị agha na ndị isi WWII na-agafe agafe, na ndị na-eme egwuregwu na ọha mmadụ nke Opera bụ ndị a na-ebutekarị site na Entertainment National Service Association iji mee ka ndị agha na ndị isi nke ndị agha Britain nwee obi ụtọ.  Na 1947, mmekọrịta kwụsịrị n'etiti ụmụnna 2 na Levon guzobe studio nke ya, nke na-esi na ya pụta aha Van Leo.  Ọ bụ ezie na n'ime afọ 6 nke mmekorita dị n'etiti ụmụnna abụọ ahụ, mbipụta niile nwere aha Angelo, a na-ekwenyekarị na Van Leo bụ onye nwere nkà karị mana ọdịiche dị n'etiti 2 na mmalite afọ nke mmekọrịta ahụ ka na-anọgide na-enweghị isi. Zada, John. "The Iconic Portraiture of Van Leo" Canvas Magazine.

N'oge mmalite nke studio ya, Van Leo na-esekarị foto ndị mmadụ, ụfọdụ n'ime ha bụ ndị a ma ama, n'efu, n'ihi mgbasa ozi nke ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ ya. Ndị na-eme ihe nkiri, ndị na-eme ihe nkiri, ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na Opera bụ ndị ahịa ya kacha amasị ya n'ihi na ha na-achọ foto ọhụrụ mgbe nile maka mmepụta ha. Otu ọnọdụ e debere maka ọrụ efu nke Van Leo bụ na a ga-egosipụta otuto a na-ahụ anya n'okpuru foto ọ bụla ma n'ihi ya, aha ya na-ejikọta ya na ndị a ma ama. Iverson, Barry. "The Life of Cairo Master Photographer Van Leo." Van Leo: A Rare Look. Cairo: The American University in Cairo, 2012. Print. Ọ bụ ezie na ya na ndị a ma ama na-akpakọrịta, Van Leo nwere mmasị na ya maka ịbụ onye na-ese foto nke na-achọghị ego, ma ọ bụ mgbasa ozi. Ọ jụrụ inweta aha site n'ịbụ onye na-ese foto nke ndị dị ike, dị ka ọtụtụ ndị na-ese foto n'oge ahụ bụ ndị kwusara onwe ha dị ka ndị na-ese foto nke ndị eze ma ọ bụ ndị isi oche.  Mgbe agha ndị Ijipt gbaghasịrị 1952, ndị ahịa Van Leo ghọrọ ndị mmadụ n'otu n'otu sitere na nnukwu ọnụ ọgụgụ dị elu nke obodo Egypt, na ihu ndị dị ka ndị edemede, ndị ọkà mmụta, ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na ndị na-eme ihe nkiri nọgidere na-emekọrịta ihe na onye na-ese foto (Rushdi Abaza, Dalida, Taha). Hussien, Omar El Sherif). N'ihi na ọ dị mkpa, ọ ghaghị ịmalite ịrụ ọrụ paspọtụ na ID, foto agbamakwụkwọ, ihe osise maka ndị agha na ndị isi nke ndị agha Ijipt, na ọbụna mmeghari nke foto ndị nwụrụ anwụ wetara site n'aka ndị ha hụrụ n'anya.  Na Jenụwarị 24, 1998 Van Leo mere nnọkọ eserese ikpeazụ ya wee mechaa mechie ụlọ ọrụ ya. N'otu afọ ahụ, Van Leo nyefere mkpokọta ọrụ ya na Mahadum America nke Cairo. Na March 2002, Van Leo nwụrụ n'ihi nkụchi obi. 

 Ọrụ 
E ji ụdị ọmarịcha nke Hollywood mara Van Leo; ọkụ ya na-abụkarị ihe nkiri na ihe oyiyi ya na-anụcha mgbe niile site na usoro mbipụta ya. Ụzọ e ji ebi akwụkwọ bụ isi n'ọrụ Van Leo. Na-arịwanye elu ọ ga-eji ihe nkiri 35mm maka ihe ndị na-enweghị mmasị maka ya. Ọ ga-edobe ihe nkiri mpempe akwụkwọ kachasị ukwuu (18x24 cm) maka ihe ndị ọ masịrị. Otu isiokwu dị mkpa bụ onwe ya. Van Leo tinyere ego na foto nke onwe ya nke ọ kpọrọ "auto-portraits" wee kee onwe ya nchịkọta ihe osise 400 na uwe dị iche iche na ihe odide gụnyere Jizọs, onye arịrịọ, onye na-anya ụgbọ elu WWII, onye na-agba chaa chaa, onye na-apụnara mmadụ ihe. nwanyị na-akpọ asị, ọtụtụ ụdị ụmụ nwanyị, onye egbe egbe, Sheikh Saudi, na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. E wezụga ihe osise, Leon tinyekwara ego n'ịse ihe ochie dị ka Pyramid nke Giza, ụlọ alakụba ndị a ma ama na Cairo, mkpọmkpọ ebe na Luxor, na saịtị ndị njem na Paris, Rome, na Vienna. Iverson, Barry. "The Life of Cairo Master Photographer Van Leo." Van Leo: A Rare Look. Cairo: The American University in Cairo, 2012. Print. A makwaara Van Leo maka nlebara anya ya na nkọwa. Ọ bụghị nanị na ọ na-achịkwa setịpụ, gburugburu, na ọkụ ọkụ, ma ọ na-ejikwa akụkụ nke égbè ya, poses, okwu okwu, ma mara ya maka inwe onwe ya na nnwere onwe na ọrụ ya, na otú ahụ ka ọ dị. tụnyere onye na-ese ihe.  E gosiputara nke a na ikike Van Leo ka o mepụta ihe onyonyo nke onye na-eme egwuregwu Egypt na-egosi dị ka onye na-eche echiche nke Rodin.  Isiokwu na-enye ya enweghị ihe mgbochi maka eserese, yana nnwere onwe zuru oke maka otu esi ahazi nkọwa ahụ bụ ihe kacha mma Van Leo. A na-arụ ụka na ike nke ihe osise Van Leo na-abịa site na nghọta ya banyere àgwà ndị oche ya. Mgbe ọ jụrụ ya ihe dọọrọ mmasị ya kpọmkwem n'ihe osise, ọ zara na ọ bụ ihu mmadụ kacha amasị ya ma nwee mmasị. Bassiouni, Fatma. "Van Leo's Unrivaled Images of Cairo's Belle Epoch." The Middle East Times. 2000. Web

 Ihe nketa na nnabata 
A na-arụ ụka na mkpokọta Van Leo bụ akwụkwọ nke obodo Egypt n'ime afọ iri ise gara aga ma bụrụ onye a na-akpọ onye na-ese ihe maka ịtụgharị foto ya ka ọ bụrụ nka. Edewo akụkọ dị iche iche nke ndị enyi na ndị ọrụ ibe Van Leo dere banyere ndụ ya na ọrụ ya na onye ọ bụla na-asọpụrụ nkà ya na otu onye na-ese ihe siri ọnwụ na-echekwa nkà ahụ.  Mgbe ahọpụtara ya maka onyinye onyinye Prince Claus site n'aka Arab Image Foundation dị na Beirut, ọgbakọ raara onwe ya nye maka ichekwa foto ochie nke Middle East, Van Leo meriri ihe nrite ahụ na 2000, wee nweta nlebara anya na nnabata zuru ụwa ọnụ.  Na 2001, Akram Zaatari, onye na-ese ihe na Lebanọn duziri Her + Him Van Leo akwụkwọ akụkọ gosipụtara Van Leo n'onwe ya. Zaatari kpebiri iji ihe nkiri gbara ajụjụ ọnụ na Leo mepụta "ụdị mkparịta ụka na Van-Leo megidere ihe nkiri banyere ya." Zaatari na-egosi nhụta dị n'etiti Van Leo na onye nchọpụta na-amaghị aha ya bụ onye Leo sere foto nne nne ya na 1959. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ na-atụle ndụ, ọrụ, na nka nke Van Leo.  Van Leo bụ isiokwu nke akwụkwọ na-abịanụ nke Negar Azimi na Karl Bassil nke Arab Image Foundation deziri. Na 2018, Institute for Comparative Modernities na Mahadum Cornell kwadoro ihe ngosi gosipụtara ihe osise onwe ya akpọrọ Van-Leo: The Reluctant Surrealist  nke so na katalọgụ nke otu aha bipụtara. N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, Van Leo bụ isiokwu nke isi nlegharị anya na Hammer Museum na Los Angeles, nke Negar Azimi haziri.

 Nchịkọta na ebe nchekwa 
Enyere foto Van Leo na mkpokọta ndụ ya na Mahadum America dị na Cairo na 1998. Akwụkwọ ọbá akwụkwọ na-adịghị ahụkebe na ọbá akwụkwọ ọpụrụiche na-edezi foto ya ugbu a.

 Ihe nrite 
Asọpụrụ Van Leo site na onyinye Prince Claus na 2000. Ọ bụ onye mbụ na-ese foto nwetara ihe nrite a ma ama.

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