Lee Bey
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![]() Lee Bey, Chicago architecture journalist and photograph at the Chicago Architecture Centre, November 30, 2018 | |
Born | October 20, 1965 Chicago, Illinois |
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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), , and .
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]
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References[]
- ^ "Illinois '200 for 200': Every nomination from our panel of experts". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times Media Group. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Index. "Articles by Lee Bey". Architectural Record. BNP Media. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "VOICES". www.architectmagazine.com. Architect Magazine. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Shepherd, Carrie. ""Photographer Lee Bey Introduces Chicago To 'Southern Exposure'"". WBEZ.org. WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ Turnbaugh, Kristi. "Lee Bey, Renaissance Man". DEMO Magazine. Columbia College Chicago. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ The HistoryMakers. "Lee Bey". The HistoryMakers. The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Staff Writer. "Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side". www.nupress.northwestern.edu. Northwestern University Press. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- Journalists from Illinois
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Chicago Sun-Times people