New York City remembers Asian-American photographer Corky Lee who dies from coronavirus
SCMP, 10 Feb 2021
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Asian-American photographer Corky Lee died at age 73 from the coronavirus on January 27, 2021. He spent the last 5 decades documenting Asian communities in the US. Hundreds of people gathered in Manhattan’s Chinatown for his funeral procession on February 6 to pay tribute to him.
Lee was remembered by his friends as a “legend of Chinatown,” an “unofficial historian” and a dedicated photojournalist committed to capturing the life, experience and struggles of the Asian-American communities.
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