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Lee Bey is a Chicago-based photographer, writer, lecturer and consultant. His work documents and interprets built environments and the political, social and racial forces that shape spaces and places. A former Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic,[1] Bey’s writing, reporting, and photography on architecture and urban design have been featured in Architectural Record,[2] the Houston Chronicle, Crain’s Chicago Business,[3] WBEZ Chicago Public Radio,[4] Fox News Chicago, Architect, Chicago Architect, Old House Journal, Cite (magazine), Bauwelt, and Modulør.

Lee Bey
Lee Bey, Chicago architecture journalist and photograph at the Chicago Architecture Centre, November 30, 2018
BornOctober 20, 1965
Chicago, Illinois
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Photographer
  • Consultant

Bey also served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning and Design for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and was involved in a variety of issues that ranged from housing developments to architectural preservation from 2001 to 2004.[5]


Early life


Bey was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Chicago Vocational High School where he prepared for a career as a printing press operator, but decided to go to college and pursue a career in journalism after receiving praise from a teacher about his writing.[6]


Work


As part of the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Bey created an exhibit titled "Chicago: A Southern Exposure." Housed at the DuSable Museum of African American History, the exhibit was named by Chicago Magazine one of "Three Must-See Events at the Chicago Architecture Biennial.".[7] Bey developed the exhibit into a full-length illustrated book about South Side architecture published in October 2019 by Northwestern University Press.[8]




References


  1. "Illinois '200 for 200': Every nomination from our panel of experts". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media Group. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. Index. "Articles by Lee Bey". Architectural Record. BNP Media. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. "VOICES". www.architectmagazine.com. Architect Magazine. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. Shepherd, Carrie. ""Photographer Lee Bey Introduces Chicago To 'Southern Exposure'"". WBEZ.org. WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. Turnbaugh, Kristi. "Lee Bey, Renaissance Man". DEMO Magazine. Columbia College Chicago. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  6. The HistoryMakers. "Lee Bey". The HistoryMakers. The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  7. RAO, ANJULIE. "Three Must-See Events at the Chicago Architecture Biennial: See works by local artists, reimaginings of Tribune Tower, and more". www.ChicagoMag.com. Chicago Tribune Media Group. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. Staff Writer. "Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side". www.nupress.northwestern.edu. Northwestern University Press. Retrieved 3 July 2019.


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