Beyond Photography

One of the first things one notices about Lee's prints is their size—they are unusually large. Lee uses Liquid Light-a liquid gelatin silver emulsion to cover large sheets of handmade Korean rice paper onto which she enlarges her negatives. The results are stunning. The images are obviously photographic but the combination of print size and paper texture gives the work a presence rarely found in photographs. Of particular note are her Pagodas pieces. Measuring roughly 2 x 6 ft, these isolated spires of rural Korean pagodas act as archetypal forms of sacred geometry.