# Project Description Dear Janie Kim Yi Lee Summary Final work Kim Yi Lee is a documentary photographer who uses an experimental approach to printing. As a British-born Chinese based in London, she uses photography to discover her roots and reflect on a cinematic view of the world around her. Since 2018, her projects have focused on film photography, revealing an ethereal, airy atmosphere through her images. Kim Yi Lee is a documentary photographer who uses an experimental approach to printing. As a Brit... College London College of Communication Course BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Graduation year 2025 Kim Yì Lee explores the invisible relationship of her late mother. Dear Janie... is a letter to her mother about her current experiences and complicated journey to womanhood. Using archival photographs, she has evidence of the displacement of their relationship before and after her mother's death at the age of five. Through Lee's speciality of analogue photography, she navigates the importance of parental relationships to a child's livelihood. Evidencing the impact of her father's health defines the importance of a short-lived childhood and strengthening responsibility and independence at an early age. Final work Dear Janie Photobook The context In the past, I had written letters to my mother to express my grief. As I initially wanted to do a project about motherhood, I realised I was drawn to the absence of a mother and how that affected me. Since I noticed the varied relationships my aunts and my sister have with their daughters, I photographed them and their care for each other. With the letter I had written, it drew out the anxieties I have witnessed in their relationship regularly and how they may impact me. And so, I included self-portraits and archival photos to contextualise this. Overall, this book combines several aspects of my identity with the impact of my late mother at an early age and has grown into a replicated photo album to commemorate my mother. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery A sample of the final prints For the Graduate show, the photographs are UV printed on homemade flower paper. The flowers are from the photographs from when I was arranging flowers, commemorating my mother, who had arranged flowers every week. They were dried and then used in the paper I had made myself from recycled paper, which I was testing for my photobook. Research and process View Gallery View Gallery Share this project Kim Yì Lee explores the invisible relationship of her late mother. Dear Janie... is a letter to her mother about her current experiences and complicated journey to womanhood. Using archival photographs, she has evidence of the displacement of their relationship before and afte... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Archives & Collections Mental Health Futures Family Communications Analogue Photography Documentary 120mm