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).