Ouka Leele
Bárbara Allende Gil de Biedma, Ouka Leele ( born June 29, 1957 in Madrid) is a Spanish photographer. Her cousin Esperanza Aguirre, the President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid and her uncle, Jaime Gil de Biedma, was a Spanish poet.
She was one of the most important photographers of the Movida madrileña and she has also worked as an illustrator and author of several books of poetry.
Honours / Price
- Premio Nacional de Fotografía, Ministry of Art, 2005
- Premio de Cultura, Community of Madrid, 2003 ( photography)
- Icarus Premio de Artes Plásticas, Diario 16, 1983.
Collections
- Centre de Vieille Charité, Marseille
- Centro Andaluz de fotografía
- Collection Arco, Madrid
- Fondation Cartier, Paris
- Fundaciò la Caixa, Barcelona
- Instituto Cervantes, Lisbon
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid
- Tabaco Gitanes, Paris.
- Poesía en carne viva ( Ediciones Atlantis, 2006)
- Ouka Leele. El nombre de una estrella ( Ellago Ediciones, 2006)
- Ouka Leele inedita ( Tf Editores, 2008).
Source
- Álvarez, JD Esa luz cuando el justo as long as Biografía de Ouka Leele ( Neverland Ediciones, 2006).