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Corky Lee, Known for Photographing Asian America, Dies at 73 in NYC


The self-described “undisputed unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate, Lee used his eye to pursue what he saw as “photographic justice.” Almost always sporting a camera around his neck, he was present at many seminal moments impacting Asian America over a 50-year career.
He was born Young Kwok Lee in New York City to Chinese immigrant parents. He was the first child in his family to go to college, graduating from City University of New York’s Queens College.
A self-taught freelance photographer, Lee aimed his camera lens on a slew of subjects from anti-Vietnam war protests to police brutality. Over the years, his photos appeared in The New York Times, Time magazine, the New York Post, New York Daily News, The Associated Press and Asian American outlets. Most recently, he was documenting anti-Asian racism brought on by the pandemic. ....

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Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73


Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73
By TERRY TANGJanuary 29, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this May 10, 2014 file photo, photographer Corky Lee shouts to the Chinese community posing near the Golden Spike re-enactment ceremony, in Promontory, Utah, as he makes a photo of them to honor Chinese immigrants who built the railroad from the west. Lee, a photojournalist who spent five decades spotlighting the often ignored Asian and Pacific Islander American communities, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Queens, New York of complications due to COVID-19. He was 73. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)
FILE - In this May 10, 2014 file photo, photographer Corky Lee shouts to the Chinese community posing near the Golden Spike re-enactment ceremony, in Promontory, Utah, as he makes a photo of them to honor Chinese immigrants who built the railroad from the west. Lee, a photojournalist who spent five decades spotlighting the often ignored Asian and ....

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