Ouka Leele received on May 15 the Madrid Medal awarded by the City Council of the capital, among many other distinctions
The photographer Ouka Leele has passed away this Tuesday, a month before your 65th birthdayas sources from the artist’s family have informed Efe.
Barbara Allende Gil de Biedma, known as Ouka Leeledied this afternoon in a Madrid hospitalaccompanied by her daughter and other relatives and friends, after a long illness. His mortal remains will be transferred to the San Isidro Funeral Home, according to the same sources.
National Photography Award 2005 and Silver Medal from the Community of Madrid, Ouka Leele received the Madrid Medal on May 15 granted by the City Council of the capital, among many other distinctions.
Passionate about color, she became known for her colored photos in the early eighties and became a benchmark and a prominent member of the Movida Madrileña.
Since the late 1970s, he exhibited in numerous countries and he has works in institutions such as the Reina Sofía Museum, the La Caixa Foundation or the ARCO Collection.
Late interest in photography
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“From a very young age I’ve been touching art, painting. Photography was not looking for her. As a child I was not interested in anything. In fact, the first camera I had was given to me at my first communion, I think, and I never used it,” the artist said in an interview with Efe in 2019.
In that meeting, she also stated: “I feel comfortable in all artistic disciplines in which I can give something. I believe that the means is not important, but the purpose”.