Lyle Owerko
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BIO
A renowned Los Angeles-based photographer, filmmaker and self-professed “pop-culture junkie,” Lyle Owerko’s (b. 1968, Calgary, Canada) editorial and fine art projects regularly take the globe-trotting artist to Africa, Japan, Europe and South America. His heart-wrenching editorial photograph of the Sept. 11th, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, described by President Obama as truly "eye-opening" and "breathtaking" the image was named one of the 40 most important magazine covers in the last 40 years by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Lyle’s film credits include music videos for Rufus Wainwright and American Hi-Fi in addition to commercial spots with Robert Redford for The Sundance Channel. His work has been featured in Communication Arts Magazine, The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York magazine, The London Times, BlackBook and Vanity Fair - in conjunction with television and radio interviews on NPR, CBS and ABC News, as well as Canada’s CTV, CBC and Global networks along with the BBC in England, French Radio news and MTV Russia.
In 2010 Abrams published "The Boombox Project" his artful historical overview of the history of the Boombox as a seminal sonic-culture icon. That same year Hasselblad Cameras also named him a "Hasselblad Master" for his work as a fine art photojournalist. Lyle's work can be seen in many museum and private collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, who possess one of his Boomboxes in their permanent archive of 20th century historically significant objects, as well as The Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, Florida and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Turning a page in to a new era with his work, his current projects bridge the borders of both sculpture, photography and technique in a manner that documents the basic human inclination to elevate the universal condition.