Nikki S. Lee: Jessica Aicholtz

Nikki S. Lee was born in South Korea in 1970.
She is now based in New York city. Her most well known work, Projects, started while she was still in school. She poses with various ethnic and social groups, including drag queens, punks, swing dancers, senior citizens, Latinos, hip-hop musicians and fans, skateboarders, lesbians, young urban professionals, and Korean schoolgirls. Her main focus wasn't to create beautiful photographs but more about investigating identity. She immersed and transformed herself to be these different types of people.