Corky Lee, Leading Asian American Photographer, Featured in New Exhibit

The work of photographer Corky Lee – who for more 50 years has photographed the daily life of Asian Americans and how they have fought for social justice, now documented in a new book –– is on display at the John Hope Franklin Center through June. At the recent opening, Columbia historian Mae Ngai, and an editor of "Corky Lee’s Asian America: 50 Years of Photographic Justice,” shared her insights into the life and work of Lee, the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographer laureate.” In conversation with Duke Asian and Middle Eastern studies professor Eileen Chow, Ngai…