Lyle Owerko

Lyle Owerko is a filmmaker and photographer whose work has ranged from Sundance Channel to "Time" to MTV. His photos are collected by many business, entertainment and celebrity clients,Fact|date=August 2008 they have been used in several films including Henry Singer's "The Falling Man" and "The Omen (2006 film)", as well as books such as Jonathan Safran Foer's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". His work is also included in the permanent archive of the Library of Congress in Washington DC.Fact|date=August 2008

Owerko has directed Robert Redford in a series of Sundance Channel commercial spots and shot a music video for the first single on Grammy Award winner Jesse Harris' new album "Feel". He's also directed music videos for artists like Rufus Wainwright and American Hi-Fi.

In 2005 Princeton Architectural Press published Jennifer New's book "Drawing From Life" which featured Owerko's journals as well as those of Mike Figgis, David Byrne, Carol Beckwith and Maira Kalman.

In 2006 Owerko traveled to Africa as part of Dr. Jeffrey Sachs’ "Millennium Promise" initiative, [Whose website is [http://www.millenniumpromise.org here] ; see also [http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/sections/view/9 this] .] documenting the lives of the Lau people of Sauri, Kenya. Current initiatives range from the multi-media exhibition "Faces of Poverty Project", to an art installation of large-scale portraits of the Samburu Warrior tribe, as well as a book on vintage consumer electronics.

Lyle shot the cover photograph of "Time" on September 11, 2001. [" [http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0110/coverstories.htm Seeing the Horror] " The Digital Journalist.] In 2005 the American Society of Magazine Editors ranked it as one of the 40 most important magazine covers in the last 40 years.Fact|date=August 2008 Further acknowledgment for Owerko’s work has come from the New York and German Art Directors Club, the AIGA, American Photo, Print Magazine, Step into Design, The Type Directors Club, The One Club, New York Festivals, Communication Arts, The Royal Photographic Society, and a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.Fact|date=August 2008

Owerko travels extensively around the world each year shooting assignments and personal work. He was raised in Calgary, Canada, studied at the Pratt Institute where he earned a Masters in Science degree in the communication arts program. He resides in New York City.

A portion of Owerko’s personal work as a photographer can be viewed in the self-published book "And No Birds Sang", featuring images from September 11th, 2001.

External links

* [http://www.owerko.com/ Owerko' website]
*Keillor, Garrison. " [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/books/review/Keillor.t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Bearing Witness] ". "The New York Times", September 3, 2006. Describes the photography of Owerko and others on September 11, 2001.
*" [https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=exhibits_collections&page=exhibit_detail&id=3585525 Here is New York: Remembering 9/11] ". The New York Historical Society. Owerko listed among a large number of photographers whose works were shown in this exhibition.
* [http://www.national911memorial.org/site/PhotoAlbumUser?JServSessionIdr009=o48pffjhi2.app6a&AlbumID=10405&view=UserAlbum 911 Memorial Site]
* [http://www.ai-ap.com/main/index.cfm?fuseaction=SelectAP American Photography Annual #18,#19,#20]
* [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1319.html New Scientist]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPWPPPvCylw Jesse Harris Video]
* [http://www.steal-life.com/features/69lyleowerko.html Steal Life]
* [http://www.oneclub.org/os/osi/showcase/?year=2004&id=2781 One Club]
* [http://www.steal-life.com/slideshows/139environments.html Steal Life: Environments]
* [http://www.shotsmag.com/shots98-05.htm Shots Magazine 98]
*" [http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1010&Itemid=92 The Day That No Birds Sang] ". Fecalface.com. Photographs by Owerko of the World Trade Center burning, with text by Owerko.
* [http://www.inthecityofnewyork.com/panel_lyleowerko.php Panelists: Lyle Owerko] . In the City of New York. Short profile.
* [http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20010914,00.html]
* [http://www.steal-life.com/features/69lyleowerko.html]
* [http://designarchives.aiga.org/entry.cfm/eid_792 Physical description of Owerko's book]
* [http://designarchives.aiga.org/entry.cfm/eid_2100]
* [http://www.bookker.com/1729888/And_no_birds_sang]
* [http://www.papress.com/bookpage.tpl?isbn=1568984456]
* [http://www.commarts.com/ca/magazine/toc/ISS200311.html]
* [http://www.pergl.net/jennifernew/contributors/index.html]
* [http://www.lifelounge.com/Lyle-Owerko.aspx]

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