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, Bey’s writing, reporting, and photography on architecture and urban design have been featured in Architectural Record, the Houston Chronicle, Crain’s Chicago Business, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, Fox News Chicago, Architect, Chicago Architect, Old House Journal, Cite (magazine), Bauwelt, and Modulør.
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.