HELLO!
Christian K. Lee is a lens based artist who began his career making images for The Washington Post, L.A. Times and Associated Press. Lee holds a Masters in Fine Art Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
His goal is to leverage his background in order to photograph your special day in a unique way.
In his free time he enjoys fishing, thrifting and roaming around his neighborhood looking for a pretty photo.
Call or email him to have your special day captured.
872-326-6979
christiankinglee@gmail.com
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Masters in Fine Art Photography, May 2024
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, B.S. Journalism, 2018
AWARDS
Chicago DCASE, Panelist, 2024
Chicago DCASE, Grant, 2023
Lenscratch Student Prize, 1st Place, 2023
Silver List, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 2022
Pictures of the Year International, Portrait Series, Award of Excellence, 2022
Pictures of the Year International, Portrait Singles, Award of Excellence, 2022
National Press Photographers Association, Portrait Series, Third Place, 2022
Portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Finalist, 2022
Sony World Photography Awards, Portrait, Shortlist, 2021
Arnold Newman Prize, Finalist, 2021
Photolucidia, Critical Mass Top 50, 2021
Feature Shoot, Emerging Photography Award, 2021
Head On Photo Festival, Finalist, 2021
FORMAT International Portfolio Review, Reviewers Choice Award, 2021
Lucie Foundation’s The Guardian Project, Portrait Category Winner, 2021
Lucie Foundation’s The Guardian Project, Finalist, 2021
Major Herman Memorial Award, Eddie Adams, 2021
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, Portrait, 2nd Place, 2020
Army Achievement Medal, Cancelled Prom, 2020
The Presidents Volunteer Service Award Gold, Cancelled Prom, 2020
ISBOP Feature Photo IPPA, 1st Place, 2014
ISBOP Portrait, IPPA 1st Place, 2014
Spot News Photo ICPA, 1st Place, 2014
Photo Essay ICPA, 2nd Place, 2014
2nd Place - Feature photo ICPA, 2014
2nd Place - July Multimedia Contest NPPA, 2014
EXHIBITIONS
SITE Galleries, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2023
Incubator, Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2023
San Antonio Photo Center, Solo Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, 2022
Portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Group Exhibition, Germany, 2022
Royal Photographic Society IPE 163, Group Exhibition, United Kingdom. 2021
SF Camerawork FORECAST, Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA. 202
Griffin Museum of Photography, Group Exhibition, Winchester, MA. 2021
Candela Book + Gallery Unbound 10, Group Exhibition, Richmond, VA. 2021
BBA Gallery, Group Exhibition, Berlin, DE. 2021
Studio Galerie B&B, Group Exhibition, Paris, FR. 2021
PUBLICATION
Chicago Magazine, Armed Doesn’t Mean Dangerous, 2023
NPR, Armed Doesn’t Mean Dangerous, 2023
Vogue, Chicago Steppin’, 2022
Ilford Photo, Cancelled Prom, 2022
Washington Post Magazine, Armed Doesn’t Mean Dangerous, 2021
Forbes, As Gun Ownership Rises In The United States, 2021
BuzzFeed, 11 Photo Stories On Black History That Will Challenge Your View Of The World, 2021
FeatureShoot, A Look at Black Gun Ownership in the 21st Century, 2021
Lenscratch, Armed Doesn’t Mean Dangerous, 2021
BuzzFeed, 7 Photo Stories That Will Challenge Your View Of The World, 2021
National Geographic, Cancelled Prom, 2020
Rolling Stone, Cancelled Prom, 2020
Lenscratch, Cancelled Prom, 2020
ABC News, A Fort Hood Soldier is taking portraits of local students in their would-be
prom attire, 2020
Film Photography Project, Cancelled Prom Film Shooter Christian K. Lee, 2020
ARTIST TALKS
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Nov 2023
Weinstein Talks, Dec 2023
Bard Darkroom, Mar 2023
Indiana University Northwest, Feb 2023
SF Camerawork, Apr 2022
San Antonio Photo Center, May 2022
Halide Project, Apr 2022
The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Austin Photo Night, Sep 2021
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Oct 2021, Oct 2020
WORKSHOPS
New York Times Portfolio Review, Mar 2023
Eddie Adams Workshop, Oct 2021
Missouri Photo Workshop, Sep 2016
New York Times Portfolio Review, April 2015
Mountain Photo Workshop, Oct 2015