Sam Lee (he/him) is a Korean-Canadian documentary photographer currently living and working in Montréal. Through visual investigations of the bizarre and surreal in everyday life, his practice investigates the concepts of collective memory and nostalgia, often through a diasporic lens. He prefers traditional photographic processes, shooting primarily on medium format and large format colour negative film and making optical c-prints in hiscolour darkroom. Sam was selected to participate in the 2024 cohort of ARTCH. Later in 2025, he will produce his first solo exhibition at the Etobicoke Civic Centre Ascent Gallery. His work has been exhibited, published, and funded by various Montréal-based arts organizations.