Leo Antony Gleaton
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
| aha enyere | Leo |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 4 Ọgọọst 1948 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Detroit |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 14 Ọgọọst 2015 |
| Ebe ọ nwụrụ | Palo Alto, Detroit |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | osee foto |
| Ebe ọrụ | Los Angeles |
| Nwere ọrụ na mkpokọta | Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| ikike nwebiisinka dị ka onye okike | Ọrụ nwebiisinka chekwara |
| omenkà faịlụ na | Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library |
Leo Antony (Tony) Gleaton (Ọnwa Ọgọọst 4, afọ 1948 - rụọ ọnwa Ọgọọst 14, afọ 2015) bụ onye Amerịka na-ese foto. A mụrụ ya na Detroit, Michigan, ya na ezinụlọ ya kwagara California mgbe ọ dị afọ 11. Ọ sonyeere ndị agha mmiri mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, wee nweta akara ugo mmụta kọleji na Mahadum California Los Angeles, ebe ọ malitere inwe mmasị na foto. Akụkụ dị ukwuu nke ọrụ ya bụ maka ijide ihe oyiyi nke ndị Afrịka na West (America) na mmetụta ya. A makwaara ya nke ọma maka foto ya nke ndị cowboys ojii. Gleaton nwụrụ n'ụlọ ya na Palo Alto, CA, n'abalị iri na anọ n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2015 mgbe ọ lụchara ọgụ ogologo oge na ọrịa kansa ọnụ.
Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Gleaton n'ezinụlọ nọ n'ọkwá dị n'etiti. Nne Gleaton, Geraldine Woodson, onye nkuzi ụlọ akwụkwọ, na nna ya, Leo, onye uwe ojii, kewara mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na otu. Nne ya wee kwaga ezinụlọ ya na Los Angeles, California. Ọ malitere ọrụ kọleji ya na East Los Angeles Junior College ebe ọ na-egwu bọọlụ. Ọ hapụrụ n'afọ 1967 iji sonye na Marine Corps, na-eje ozi otu njem na Vietnam.[1] N'afọ 1970, ọ laghachiri na US wee debanye aha na UCLA n'okpuru iwu GI, mana ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ.[2] Gleaton gakwara klas na Mahadum California, Berkeley na Art Center College of Design na Pasadena na agụmakwụkwọ. Gleaton nwetara MFA na Fine Arts Photography na Bard College n'afọ 2002.[3]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 1977, Gleaton hapụrụ California gaa New York City, ebe ọ malitere ọrụ ya na mmasị na foto ejiji. N'afọ 1980 ọ hapụrụ New York na ụwa nke foto ejiji. N'ime afọ ole na ole sochirinụ, ọ gara gburugburu Texas na Mexico, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ aka ole na ole, gụnyere ịrụ ọrụ na ụlọ na n'ọhịa mmanụ.[4] N'oge ahụ, ọ malitekwara ise foto ndị Afrịka Amerịka n'ebe ndị ahụ. Site n'oge a gaa n'ihu, Gleaton rụrụ ọrụ site na ise foto ndị ojii cowboys, ụmụ amaala Amerịka, ndị Afrịka Amerịka, na ndị Mexico Amerịka. O lekwasịrị anya na South-West nwere ọdịbendị dị iche iche.
Gleaton nwere mmasị na ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ, ọkachasị ndị Afrịka nọ na South-West. Ọ bụ ọkachamara na foto gburugburu ebe obibi ojii na ọcha.[5] Ụfọdụ bụ foto ndị dị nso nke ndị maara na ndị na-amaghị igwefoto, ụfọdụ bụ foto ìgwè, na ụfọdụ ọdịdị ala nke ebe ọ na-ese foto ndị mmadụ. Foto ndị o sere nke ndị mmadụ bụ foto nke ndụ kwa ụbọchị ma ọ bụghị nke a na-eme.
Ihe Gleaton lekwasịrị anya bụ agbụrụ. Ọ chọpụtara na nnukwu ngwakọta ọdịbendị dị na South na Central America; ya mere o ji ọtụtụ oge na ume ya nọrọ n'ebe ahụ. Ọ chere nyocha ụfọdụ ihu n'ihi ọdịdị ya. O nwere akpụkpọ ahụ na-acha ọcha na anya na-acha akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ. Ọ dị iche na ihe ndị ọ na-ese foto, ya mere ụfọdụ n'ime ha enweghị ahụ iru ala na ọ na-se foto ha.
Gleaton gara naanị ya n'ebe ọ na-ese foto, na-eme njem dị mfe ma na-ejikarị bọs eme njem.[6] Ọ na-ejikarị naanị igwefoto ya maka njem ahụ. Mgbe ọtụtụ afọ nke ịnọ gburugburu ụdị ọdịbendị dị iche iche, Gleaton mụtara otu esi enweta ntụkwasị obi nke ndị ọ na-ese foto. Mgbe mbụ ọ malitere ise ndị mmadụ foto na South-West na Central America, ụfọdụ nwere obi erughị ala banyere ya na-ese ha foto, n'otu akụkụ n'ihi ọdịdị ya gụnyere ịdị elu ya nke 6o 4", na ịdị arọ ya nke karịrị pound 300.[2] Ọ mụtara otu esi enweta ntụkwasị obi ha, ma mee ka ha nwee ahụ iru ala iji see ha foto.
A maara ya nke ọma maka ihe ngosi foto ya na Smithsonian nke a na-akpọ Africaī's Legacy na Mexico nke malitere n'afọ ndị 1990s.[7] Ihe ngosi a nwere foto dịka "Man & Canoe" na "My Father, My Son".[6] Ndepụta ngosi Gleaton nwere ederede diary nke e mechara kpọọ "Oaxaca Diary", nke o dere n'afọ 1988 banyere njem ọ gara na Mexico iji see foto.[6] N'ihe ngosi ahụ, foto Gleatons na ntinye akwụkwọ akụkọ na-eso isiokwu banyere ndị Afrịka nọ na Mexico site na Martinez Montiel, Miriam Jiménez Román, na Palmer.[8]
Ndụ ikpeazụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'abalị iri na anọ n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2015, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri isii na asaa, Gleaton nwụrụ n'ọrịa kansa ọnụ n'ụlọ ya dị na Palo Alto. Nwunye ya nke anọ bụ Lisa (née Ellerbee), onye nkuzi, onye ọ lụrụ n'afọ 2005, hapụrụ ya.
- ↑ Cobbins. Gleaton, Tony. BlackPast.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bates (August 23, 2015). Tony Gleaton: Photographing The African Story Across The Americas.. NPR.
- ↑ Tony Gleaton , 2002. www.bard.edu. Retrieved on 2019-09-28.
- ↑ Gleaton. Turning Fifty. Tony Gleaton.com.
- ↑ Weber (August 18, 2015). Tony Gleaton, 67, Dies, Leaving Legacy in Pictures of Africans in the Americas. The New York Times.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gleaton. Oaxaca Diary. Africa’s Legacy in Mexico. Smithsonian Education.
- ↑ Woo (August 23, 2015). Tony Gleaton dies at 67; photographer of black life in West, Americas. LA Times.
- ↑ Green. "African Mexicans in Spanish Slave Societies in America: A Critical Location of Sources".