Barbara Bosworth

**Barbara Bosworth** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1953)  ƙwararriyar mai fasaha ce a Amurka, mai ilimi, kuma mai ɗaukar hoto. Tana aiki ne da babban tsari, kyamarar kallo ta 8x10 kuma tana mai da hankali kan alaƙar da ke tsakanin mutane da yanayi. An haɗa ayyukan Bosworth a cikin mujallu, mujallu, littattafai da tarin abubuwa na dindindin, kuma an nuna su a cikin nunin faifai na kaɗaici a ƙasa da ƙasa. A shekara ta 1985, ta sami lambar yabo ta Guggenheim saboda aikinta na daukar hoto. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Bosworth a shekarar 1953  a Cleveland, Ohio, kuma ya girma a Novelty, Ohio,  kewaye da bishiyoyi, tsirrai, da kuma waje. 

Ta yi karatu a Jami'ar Jihar Bowling Green, inda ta sami digirin BA a fannin Fasaha a shekarar 1975. Ta sami digirin MFA a fannin daukar hoto a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Rochester a shekarar 1983. 

## Aikin koyarwa
Bosworth ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin malamar ziyara a Jami'ar Ohio da ke Athens, Ohio, kafin ta shiga sashen daukar hoto a Kwalejin Fasaha da Zane ta Massachusetts da ke Boston, Massachusetts a 1984.  Ta kasance farfesa kuma shugabar Sashen Daukar Hoto a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Massachusetts. 

## Aiki
 
Yawancin ayyukan daukar hoto na Bosworth sun mayar da hankali kan shimfidar wurare da bishiyoyi. [1] Tana ƙirƙirar ra'ayoyinta game da duniyar halitta ta amfani da kyamarar fim mai girma, tana bincika alaƙar da ke tsakanin mutane da shimfidar wurare, "tana buɗe alaƙar sirri da ta ruhaniya ga duniyar da ke kewaye da mu." [2] A cewar Andy Grundberg, a rubuce-rubuce a Grand Street, takwarorinta a fannin daukar hoto na shimfidar wurare sun haɗa da Laura McPhee, Lois Connor, Terry Evans, Linda Halverson, da Mary Peck, da sauransu

Ta shafe watanni da dama tana ɗaukar hotunan New England Trail sosai,  kuma ta shafe fiye da shekaru 14 tana ziyartar da ɗaukar hotunan manyan bishiyoyi daga National Register . 

A wasu hotuna kamar *Indigo Bunting* ta dauki lokaci mai tsawo na alaƙa tsakanin tsuntsaye da mutane, "lokacin da ya dace da juna sosai"  tare da ƙananan halittun da ke bayyana "masu rauni sosai."  Bosworth ya rubuta yanayin ƙasar Amurka  da kuma yadda mutane ke shafarsa. 

Bosworth tana ɗaukar bayanai dalla-dalla ta amfani da kyamarar kallo, kuma sau da yawa tana ƙirƙirar diptychs da triptychs daga jerin abubuwan da aka fallasa, suna faɗaɗa yankin hotunanta.  A cikin jerin *Tsuntsaye da Sauran Mala'iku*,  tsarin triptych yana sanya hotunan tsuntsaye da mutane a cikin faɗin dajin da ke kewaye da su.  Duk da cewa Bosworth tana aiki da launi, tana kuma ɗaukar hotuna da baƙi da fari, da gangan tana iyakance hoton zuwa siffofi da aka nuna a launukan launin toka, ba tare da jan hankali da launi ba.  A cikin bincikenta na shekaru ashirin *na Tarihin Halitta: Hotunan Barbara Bosworth,* kusan kashi uku cikin huɗu na hotunan suna da baƙi da fari kuma kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu suna da launi. 

A wata hira da aka yi da ita a San Francisco MoMA, Bosworth ta tabbatar da cewa ayyukanta suna raguwa saboda amfani da fim, kuma kulawa da tunani da aka sanya wa aikinta yana ƙaruwa da wannan lokacin. Ta ɗauki lokacinta tana nazarin yanayin ƙasa sosai, wanda galibi ya ƙunshi dazuzzuka, tsuntsaye, da mutanen da aikinta ya haɗu da su.  Kamar sauran masu ɗaukar hoto na yanayin ƙasa, sha'awar Bosworth ita ce bincika duniya a daidai lokacinta da kuma godiya ga abin da yanayi ke sanyawa a gabanta.  Ta yi imanin cewa lura ya zama dole ga tsarin fasaha da samfurin ƙarshe. 

Duk da cewa tana duba abin da ke gabanta a duniyar halitta, batun da Bosworth ta zaɓa ya kasance na sirri kuma yana nuna takamaiman lokutan da ta fuskanta.  Hotunan farko da ta ɗauka a gidanta da kewaye da ita a Ohio an ɗauke su ne daga tagar falonta mai kusurwa huɗu, suna kallon dajin Ohio.  Duk da cewa hotunanta na farko ba sa ƙunshe da mutane, ta ƙara mai da hankali kan alaƙar mutane da tasirinsu ga muhallin da ke kewaye,  kuma sau da yawa tana ambaton iyayenta da tarbiyyarta a matsayin tasiri. Mahaifiyar Bosworth ta kamu da cutar Parkinson da ciwon hauka, yayin da mahaifinta ya mutu sakamakon tsufa. Bosworth ta sami damar haɗa waɗannan abubuwan cikin aikinta, tana amfani da su a matsayin wahayi ga littafinta *See* (2014):  "Ɗaukar hoto shine tabbacinmu cewa mun kasance a can." 

### ''Duba''
An nuna ayyukan Bosworth a kaka ta 2014 a Gidan Tarihi na Datz da ke SinSeong Gol, Gwangju, Lardin Gyeonggi, Koriya ta Kudu. An tattara wannan aikin kuma an ɗaure shi da Datz Press na gidan tarihi, cikin littafin *"Bee"* .  Hotunan Bosworth sun haɗa dogayen bishiyoyi na da, tare da mutane, dabbobi, da koguna waɗanda suke gudana ta cikin yanayi da lokaci. An buɗe bikin baje kolin a ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 2014.