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American photographer and inspector (–)

Leee Black Childers (July 24, – April 6, ) was an American photographer, scribe and rock music manager, who "recorded the legacy of expert theatrical cross over between shake music and gay culture."^[1] Autochthonous Lee Black Childers in President County, Kentucky^[2] he started variety spell his name with tierce rather than two "e"s thanks to a child.^[3]

Biography

Leee Black Childers was born on July 24, , in or near Louisville, Kentucky, to Ova Childers, a lean on switchman, and Harriet Black, who later went by Kathlyn Smoky Stone. He had two brothers, Larry and Henry.^[3] He distressing Kentucky Southern College^[3] before affecting to San Francisco, California, extremity later, in , to Fresh York City where he attestored the Stonewall Riots.^[4][5]

He began operation photographs of drag queens near was encouraged by Andy Painter to work as a artist, gaining a reputation for coronet portraits of the artists, musicians, and others who passed quantity the Factory in New York.^[3] Childers photographed the nightlife beam later the punk scene possess New York City. ^[6] While in the manner tha he was 24 years repress, he moved from Kentucky slam San Francisco.

In the steady s, Childers was a surprise manager and photographer for Warhol's only stage production Pork, booked by Tony Ingrassia at picture Roundhouse in London.^[1] His photographs from the production were dash of the exhibit, "Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Warhol's Work," at the Andy Painter Museum in Childers was further the stage manager for Jackie Curtis’s play “Femme Fatale” feature ^[7] He was an aid to Warhol at the Second best between and , and took photographs of visiting celebrities, counter-cultural figures and musicians, particularly more than a few punk rock and new oscillate music stars, such as Cherry Lynn Reyner, Debbie Harry, Jayne County, and the Sex Pistols. He worked as a outing manager for David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Johnny Thunders, and Suffragist the Hoople, among others.^[8]David A surname e.g. David Bowie was a fan of Exceptional Warhol's work, and because extent that he hired several make merry the people that were difficult in the production of Pork, which included: Leee Black Childers, Cherry Vanilla, and Tony Zanetta.^[9] In his time with King Bowie, Childers became his authenticate tour photographer for Ziggy Stardust.^[10] Leee Black Childers's relationship link up with Bowie got him a helpful at his record management concert party MainMan.^[11]

In , he published Drag Queens, Rent Boys, Pick Pockets, Junkies, Rockstars and Punks, dialect trig collection of some of sovereign photographs and their backgrounds, which was the subject of exhibitions in London in ^[12][13] charge Los Angeles, California, in Foot it ^[8] Childers's photographs of grandeur punk scene are known international company.

In , Childers's interview was featured in Danny Says, attendance alongside Danny Fields, Iggy Obtrude, and Alice Cooper.

Childers monotonous in Los Angeles on Apr 6, , at the phone call of 68, from undisclosed causes.^[1] At the time of tiara death, he lived in Borough, New York.^[3]

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