Jungjin Lee

Jungjin Lee
Born Jungjin Lee[1]
1961 (1961)
South Korea
Nationality South Korean
Education Hongik University, New York University
Known for Photography
Notable work
Awards Photography Award, The Camera Club of New York, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, New York, Dong Gang Photography Award, Yeongwol, Korea

Jungjin Lee (born 1961) is a Korean photographer and artist. Lee currently lives and works in New York City.

Background

Jungjin Lee was born in Korea in 1961. She studied calligraphy in childhood and majored in ceramics at Hongik University, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in 1984. After graduating Lee worked as a photo journalist and later as a freelance photographer. In 1987, she immersed herself for one year in a project focused on documenting the life of an old man who made his living hunting for wild ginseng. This experience motivated Lee to become a photographer and expand her technical knowledge of photography by traveling to New York and enrolling in New York University to pursue an MA in photography. While in New York, Lee worked for the iconic photographer Robert Frank whose famous travels across the United States may have influenced Lee’s own decision to take a road trip across the United States. In her travels she encountered the American Desert, a landscape that she is deeply moved by and which becomes the subject of several of her photographic series, including Desert (1990–94), American Desert I – IV (1990-1996), On Road (2000–01), Wind (2004-07) and Remains (2012 - ). Lee photographs these barren landscapes when they are transformed by the tumultuous weather, discarded refuse, decaying structures and by her own photographic process.

Series of Works

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Works in Public Collections

Artist Books

References

  1. ↑ "Union List of Artist Names". www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/ulan/. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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