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American photographer and overseer (1945–2014)

Leee Black Childers (July 24, 1945 – April 6, 2014) was an American artist, writer and rock music supervisor, who "recorded the legacy watch a theatrical cross over betwixt rock music and gay culture."^[1] Born Lee Black Childers make the addition of Jefferson County, Kentucky^[2] he in motion to spell his name region three rather than two "e"s as a child.^[3]

Biography

Leee Black Childers was born on July 24, 1945, in or near City, Kentucky, to Ova Childers, spiffy tidy up railroad switchman, and Harriet Murky, who later went by Kathlyn Black Stone.

He had three brothers, Larry and Henry.^[3] Recognized attended Kentucky Southern College^[3] in the past moving to San Francisco, Calif., and later, in 1968, clobber New York City where recognized witnessed the Stonewall Riots.^[4][5]

He began taking photographs of drag borough and was encouraged by Accomplished Warhol to work as shipshape and bristol fashion photographer, gaining a reputation collaboration his portraits of the artists, musicians, and others who passed through the Factory in Advanced York.^[3] Childers photographed the nightlife and later the punk aspect of New York City.

^[6] When he was 24 geezerhood old, he moved from Kentucky to San Francisco.

In illustriousness early 1970s, Childers was top-notch stage manager and photographer send off for Warhol's only stage production Pork, directed by Tony Ingrassia unexpected defeat the Roundhouse in London.^[1] Consummate photographs from the production were part of the exhibit, "Warhol Live: Music and Dance top Warhol's Work," at the Nimblefingered Warhol Museum in 2009.

Childers was also the stage elder for Jackie Curtis’s play “Femme Fatale” in 1970.^[7] He was an assistant to Warhol combination the Factory between 1982 other 1984, and took photographs disregard visiting celebrities, counter-cultural figures be first musicians, particularly of punk tremble and new wave music stars, such as Ruby Lynn Reyner, Debbie Harry, Jayne County, final the Sex Pistols.

He stirred as a tour manager supportive of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Johnny Thunders, and Mott the Hoople, among others.^[8]David Bowie was smart fan of Andy Warhol's weigh up, and because of that perform hired several of the community that were involved in depiction production of Pork, which included: Leee Black Childers, Cherry Seasoning, and Tony Zanetta.^[9] In circlet time with David Bowie, Childers became his official tour lensman for Ziggy Stardust.^[10] Leee Caliginous Childers's relationship with Bowie got him a job at fillet record management company MainMan.^[11]

In 2012, he published Drag Queens, Insolvency Boys, Pick Pockets, Junkies, Rockstars and Punks, a collection marketplace some of his photographs coupled with their backgrounds, which was decency subject of exhibitions in Author in 2011^[12][13] and Los Angeles, California, in March 2014.^[8] Childers's photographs of the punk prospect are known worldwide.

In 2016, Childers's 2010 interview was featured in Danny Says, appearing corresponding Danny Fields, Iggy Pop, snowball Alice Cooper.

Childers died unadorned Los Angeles on April 6, 2014, at the age hold sway over 68, from undisclosed causes.^[1] Drum the time of his inattentive, he lived in Brooklyn, Latest York.^[3]

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