Lyle Owerko is a photojournalist and commercial photographer based in New York City. He travels the world shooting for many NGO's and human rights groups.
His work is an effort to unveil unknown cultures and bridge the gap between human groups. It involves themes related to his profession, such as politics, industrialisation and technology. However, Lyle focuses on the humanistic aspect presentation a different point of view. It could be said his work is a critique to globalisation.
Through a quite critical- evocative- shocking perspective, he stimulates the audience and makes us re-evaluate values and taxonomies.
His work "Africa" is mainly a series of portraits. Lyle was fascinated by the people of East Africa and they were a great source of inspiration for him. His trips in Kenya and the interaction with the inhabitants influenced an unknown aspect of the African culture.
Guided by his passion for photography and his motivation, he tries through his work to contribute for a better living. As he claims, " this is a lifetime commitment for me".
Lyle Owerko has also a blog where he publishes projects, ideas and introduces new artists and their work.
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