Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice
Date
April 18, 2024
Time
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Location

Manny Cantor Center: 197 East Broadway, New York, NY


Known throughout his lifetime as the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographer laureate,” the late photojournalist Corky Lee documented Asian American and Pacific Islander communities for fifty years, breaking the stereotype of Asian Americans as docile, passive, and, above all, foreign to this country. Corky Lee’s Asian America is a stunning retrospective of his life’s work—a selection of the best photographs from his vast collection, from his start in New York’s Chinatown in the 1970s to his coverage of diverse Asian American communities across the country until his untimely passing in 2021.

Join Hua Hsu, David Henry Hwang, Akemi Kochiyama, and Mae Ngai for this event, moderated by Chris Kwok and cohosted with Asian American Bar Association of NY.

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