A black and white landscape photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on a foggy morning. A dispersed flock of pigeons are flying in the foreground. Below the bridge a there are two boats traveling southwest on the East River.

Wellington Chung-Hsi Lee was born to U.S. citizens in Kwantung, China, on May 12, 1918. He moved to the United States in 1935 and settled in New York. A few years later, he made his first photographs, with a small camera in Central Park. He graduated in 1943 from what is now the New York School of Art and Design with a degree in photography. During World War II, he was a military photographer, receiving a commendation for his work. Following the war, he worked for the Jons Fashion Studio in New York for a few years, and in 1950 established his own portrait business. Situated in Chinatown, the Wellington Lee Studio operated for over twenty-five years, until the owner retired in 1977.

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