Dionne Lee (born 1988) is an American photographer who works with film, collage, and video to explore ideas of power, survival, and history.
In her work, Lee explores her relationship to spaces by interrogating the history of places, as well as the role of the photographer and the purpose of the images.
For example, Lee grew up in Harlem and later learned the history of Seneca Village, a settlement of free Black Americans who were later forcibly removed from that site.
[7] In the soundtrack to "Companion Pieces: New Photography 2020", an internet based display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Lee says the pictures are a praise to her predecessors who explored North on the Underground Railroad.
"[8] Some of Lee's major exhibitions include Trap and Lean To at Light Work in Syracuse, NY,[9] Continuum: Aspen Mays + Dionne Lee, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA and Running, rigging, wading, at the Interface Gallery in Oakland, CA.