Nikki S. Lee was born in Korea in 1970. She later moved to New York where she got her masters in photography from NYU and worked as a fashion photographer's assistant after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is most known for her images of the snapshot aesthetic known as "projects" where she poses with different groups of culture both social and ethnic ranging from punks to young professionals describing their niche and subcultural elements. She has a friend snap the photo with an ordinary camera while she blends with whatever group she is with at that time. Her images are largely about identity both in a group, with a partner and as a person. She is adventurous and not afraid to make commentary on elements of life and herself.
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