Jim Lee

JIM LEE (1945-) is a British photographer and film director with a career most people just dream about. For Jim, fashion photography has always been about the models and not the clothes. In the 60’s and 70’s he was known as a provocator with his peculiar photographs. Lee is represented by several museums and significant collections around the world, and is what you can call a “collector’s artist”.

Lee migrated to Australia in 1962 and settled in Sydney where he worked for photographer Jon van Gaalen, who taught him about photo and darkroom work. Jim quickly gained a lot of interest in photography, and worked freelance to take pictures of, among other things, concerts, and his images of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones came on print in the Sydney Morning Herald. At the age of 18, he photographed his model girlfriend and got the picture published in Australian Vogue.

In 1965, Lee returned to the UK and continued the photography business with taking pictures of bands, concerts and fashion photographer. In a few years, Jim worked full time as a fashion photographer and had major fashion houses like Ossie Clark, Yves Saint Laurent and Gianni Versace on the customer list.

Jim Lees is loved and favored for his ability to produce a story through his images with artistic qualities. His style has evolved over many years; from a grainy, photojournalistic expression in the 60’s to more romantic soft focus in the 70’s but consistently showing high production values and a strong narrative.

(source: https://www.fineart.no/kunstner/jim-lee)