Suzanne Lee has travelled to over 20 countries in Europe and Asia on backpack in the last 4 years of her full time photography career, documenting the faces and people that she has met along the way. Her journey in photography has spanned the vast variety of subjects that include motorsport photography, fashion, and studio work, bringing her to her current indulgences in documentary and travel photography, but one element that has kept constant throughout is people interest.

Besides being nominated for 2 awards in year 2006, Suzanne and her works have been featured in numerous online and print magazines, and leading Malaysian newspapers such as The Star Daily Newspaper (2008), The Malay Mail Newspaper (2008), Advanced Images magazine (2004, and again in 2008), Click! Magazine (2008), The Sun Daily Newspaper (2006), The New Straits Times Daily (2006), and many more.

In November 2007, Suzanne was one of the 25 photographers chosen out of over 700 applicants to attend the Angkor Photography Festival VII workshop for young Asian photographers, where in 6 days, each participant had to find a story, gain access to shoot it and produce a photo story that would be shown to over 400 photographers who’ve travelled from around the globe to Cambodia for the festival. The photo story would then be judged by a panel of internationally acclaimed photographers and editors such as Paris-Match Magazine representatives and Annie Boulat of Cosmos Agency, Paris, to name a few. She came in a ‘close second’ in the Paris-Match competition for her moving photo story of a small community of impoverished blind masseurs in their daily life and the painful death of a sick brother.

After her return from Cambodia, Suzanne photographed the 3 week long International Festival of Indian Classical 'Odissi' Dance that was held in Kuala Lumpur in July 2008. She also exhibited large canvas prints of her work on Odissi dance in a month long exhibition that was on display in the prestigious Petronas Gallery in the Petronas Twin Towers, a prominent landmark of Malaysia. The group exhibition included artists and photographers from Malaysia and India who have been inspired by Odissi.

Shortly after the conclusion of the exhibition and festival, Suzanne finally answered a calling for her return to the land that so deeply inspired her in her first years of photography, and moved to India. She now works as a freelance documentary photographer in the region, with a base of New Delhi.

Exhibitions & Projections

2008 – Petronas Gallery, Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Stirring Odissi 2008 – The Annexe Gallery, Central Art Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Out of Berlin, Pass The Picture 2007 – Hoxes Cafe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : for photokaki.com anniversary : Projection of portraits 2007 – Hotel De La Paix, Siem Reap, Cambodia : for Angkor Photography Workshop : When the Lights go Out 2007 – Bond Lounge, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Children of Asia 2007 – Passion Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Nokia N93 on Beaches of Asia. 2006 – Kelana Jaya Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : for Digital Camera Magazine anniversary : Travel photography slideshow 2006 – AYA center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : MOY Awards : Collection of travel ; Auctioned one photograph for charity 2006 – One Utama Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : KLue BlueChilli Awards : Collection of travel pictures 2005 – Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Titiwangsa – heritage reclaimed Check out Suzanne's latest projects here.

Awards, Competitions & Publicity (news cuttings)

Personal Interests