“Meet our Artists: Jim Lee”
Meet our Artists: Jim Lee
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Jim Lee Willy/Midget 2
Jim Lee
Willy/Midget 2
Archival Pigment photograph on Canvas
Executed in 1968, Printed 2016
Signed, titled, dated and editioned # 2/7 on recto.
70 x 70 inches
Jim Lee Poodle
Jim Lee
Poodle
Archival Pigment Photograph
Executed in 2020
Signed, titled, dated and editioned # 2/15 on recto.
40 x 60 inches
Jim Lee The Priest
Jim Lee
The Priest
Archival Pigment Photograph
Executed in 2019
Signed, titled, dated and editioned # 2/15 on recto.
40 x 60 inches
Jim Lee The Priest Triptych
Jim Lee
The Priest (Triptych)
Archival Pigment Photograph
Executed in 2019
Signed, titled, dated and editioned # 2/20 on recto.
20 x 30 inches (3 pictures)
Jim Lee Steam Train
Jim Lee
Steam Train
Archival Pigment Photograph
Executed in 1970, Printed Later
Signed, titled, dated and editioned # 4/15 on recto.
40 x 60 inches
Jim Lee Loli, Red Shoes
Jim Lee
Loli, Red Shoes
C-Type Color photograph
Executed in 2010, Printed Later
Signed, titled, dated and # 5/20 on recto.
20 x 30 Inches
Jim Lee Baader, Meinhof
Jim Lee
Baader, Meinhof
1969, Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and editioned # 14/30 on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Bathers
Jim Lee
Bathers
1976, Printed 2015
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and editioned 3/15 on recto
41 1/4 x 61 1/4 Inches
Jim Lee Boxing, NY Win
Jim Lee
Boxing, NY Win
1977, Printed Later
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 3/15 and dated on recto.
40 x 60 Inches
Jim Lee Chimney Pots / Fire
Jim Lee
Chimney Pots / Fire
1975, Printed 2015
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and editioned 2/15 on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Deauville / Girl
Jim Lee
Deauville / Girl
1972, Printed 2015
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and editioned 2/15 on recto.
40 x 60 Inches
Jim Lee Divers, Rome
Jim Lee
Divers, Rome
1976, Printed Later
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 3/15 and dated on recto.
40 x 60 Inches
Jim Lee Flesh
Jim Lee
Flesh
2005, Printed 2015
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and editioned 6/15 on recto
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Hat
Jim Lee
Hat
1978, Printed Later
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 2/15 and dated on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Loaded Beachy Head
Jim Lee
Loaded, Beachy Head
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Executed in 1969, Printed Later
Signed, titled, numbered 2/15, and dated on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Midget
Jim Lee
Midget
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Executed in 1968, Printed Later
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 11/30 on recto.
30 x 20 inches
Jim Lee Ossie Clark, Aeroplane
Jim Lee
Ossie Clark, Aeroplane
1969, Printed 2017
Silver gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and # 14/30 on verso.
20 x 30 Inches
JIM LEE On The Beach
Jim Lee
On the Beach
C-Type Color photograph
Executed in 1968, Printed Later
Signed, titled, numbered 2/20, and dated on recto.
25 x 25 inches
Jim Lee Ossie Clark / Plane Crash
Jim Lee
Ossie Clark / Plane Crash
1969, Printed 2015
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and # 4/15 on recto.
60 x 44 1/2 Inches
Jim Lee Pyjamas, Brushing
Jim Lee
Pyjamas, Brushing
1971, Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 2/15 and dated on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Pyjamas, Shaving
Jim Lee
Pyjamas, Shaving
1971, Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 2/15 and dated on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Robot
Jim Lee
Robot
2005, Printed Later
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 2/15 and dated on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Rocker
Jim Lee
Rocker
1968, Printed Later
Silver Gelatin Photograph
Signed, titled, dated and editioned 7/30 on recto.
60 x 40 Inches
Jim Lee Wishful Thinking
Jim Lee
Wishful Thinking
2005, Printed Later
C-Type Color Photograph
Signed, titled, numbered 3/15 and dated on recto.
40 x 60 Inches
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JIM LEE
Having made himself a name with his fresh and theatrical take on fashion, Jim Lee is the “original wild child of fashion photography.” Lee’s stylish, theatrical photography is layered with strong narratives. He took photo shoots out of the rigid studios and placed them in a story context becoming a great pioneer of fashion photography who would change the course of the genre. The striking and sometimes controversial photographic style that centers on storytelling particularly meant complicated set-ups and ambitious outdoor productions creating dramatic results that “make you reach beyond the edges of the frame.”
For Jim Lee, storytelling was always at the heart of his work and his life. Lee was born in 1945 to parents who were both MI5 operatives marking a beginning to a life that followed anything but a conventional path. At the young age of 17 he decided to move to Australia where his interest and passion for photography sparked. His time in Australia was full of youthful adventure but, more importantly, it opened up a love for photography that allowed him full creative scope for his imagination. Back in Swinging London he began photographing bands such as The Who, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. His portfolio and reputation grew and Lee became in demand as a fashion photographer working with personalities like the young Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and collaborating with such influential fashion designers as Yves Saint Laurent and Gianni Versace.
Lee was revolutionary in his time with his distinctly gritty, photojournalistic style, later developing into “a romantic soft-focus frenzy” as described by the photographer himself. He brought to the field of fashion and advertising photography strong, enchanting stories and narrative and therefore introduced a new form of visual expression, of which he became a pioneer. His photography often seems inspired by his own life, his narratives having a strong relationship with its own time, drawing to political events such as the Vietnam War or the Baader Meinhof events.
Today, Jim Lee is an established art photographer but still collaborates on many advertising and fashion projects such as covering fashion shows for celebrity designers Alexander McQueen and Zandra Rhodes. In the beginning of 2012 Lee’s work has been shown in London at Somerset House, to coincide with the launch of his biography Arrested published by Ammonite Press. In Spring 2013 it will be shown at the Multi Media Art Museum in Moscow and the National Art Museum of China in Bejing. Lee’s photographic work has not only been displayed world wide in galleries and museums but is also in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Lee’s narrative-led, both surreal and filmic, and often risqué images create remarkably alive compositions begging the viewer to “reach beyond the frame.”
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NEW ARRIVALS
Jim Lee’s The Priest
New Arrivals: Jim Lee’s “The Priest” Photograph
Jim Lee’s Ossie Clark / Plane Crash / 1969
Jim Lee’s “Ossie Clark / Plane Crash” photograph
Jim Lee’s Arrested Portfolio
Known internationally as the “original wild child of fashion photography,” Jim Lee recently explained his photographic motivations as well as his intentions in creating the portfolio: “I began my photographic career with the hopes of one day becoming a film director....
Jim Lee’s Willy / Midget 2
Having become renowned for his fresh and theatrical take on fashion photography, Jim Lee is the internationally known “original wild child of fashion photography.” He took photo shoots out of the rigid studios and placed them in a story context becoming a great...
