Jimmy Lee 李展翹 is a University part-time lecturer, art space officer, visual art practitioner and documentary photographer. He was born and grew up in Hong Kong. Lee's practice comes across documentary and experimental narrative. He started his photographic practice in a Hong Kong-based newspaper as a photographer during his time in higher education, after that he pursued the MFA in the UK. His project Beyond the current practice was published as a photozine by Brownie publishing Ltd.

From 2015, Lee started to work on a personal documentary project concerned with the identity issue faced by people from Hong Kong. There is no clear definition of what Hongkonger are and they have grown up living with cultural references embedded in their society from both China and the United Kingdom. Over the past couple years, Lee has been researching the ideology of the Hong Kong people, colonial history, collective memory, geo-political relations, the subjective approach in documentary and narrative.  Lee also interested in the social and political issues of contemporary life around the globe, he has been focusing on Western China, various locations within the England and Hong Kong. He sets out to discover the possibility of documentary photography, to expand its horizons and to work with projects that convey his personal concerns. He keeps developing himself as an artist, educator and curator. 

Education

MFA Photography, Distinction

University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK

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BA (Hons) Journalism and Mass Communication
Chu Hai College of Higher Education, HK

Achievement

2019 De Pietri Artphilein Foundation Photobook Project Contest (2020)

Shortlist

Fujifilm Young Talent Award (2019)

Finalist

Eizo Award (2019)

Winner

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Loupe Another Graduate Show (2019)

HIGHLY COMMENDED PHOTOGRAPHERS

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World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass (2019)

Nominee

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THE W. EUGENE SMITH GRANT FOR STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHERS (2018)

Finalist

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The SOPA (The Society of Publishers in Asia)  Awards (2016)
Excellence in Feature Photography (Group C) Award for Excellence