Olivia Bee

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Olivia Bee

Olivia Bolles , stage name Olivia Bee , (born April 5, 1994 in Portland (Oregon) , USA ) is an American photographer .

Life

Bee is the daughter of a hairdresser and a technician and grew up in her hometown. She took her first photography course at the age of 11. At the age of 14, some of her work found a place in an advertising campaign for the US shoe company Converse , a subsidiary of the sportswear company Nike . In the meantime she also worked for them and for FIAT .

Bees' work approaches the styles of Nan Goldin , Annie Leibovitz and Ryan McGinley . In 2012, the American photo magazine Photo District News counted her among the 30 young photographers to keep an eye on .

Bee lives and works in Brooklyn , New York City .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Olivia Bee photographs blogger Tavi Gevinson in Zeit Magazin 5/2013