Google keeps honouring one or the other icons of this world through its doodle and we have May 5th’s doodle to honour Corky Lee this time. Lee has been a famous Chinese-American photographer who holds massive importance for his contribution towards society. However, many are unaware of Corky Lee. But here we will let you know all about him.
Read ahead to know more about Google Doodle celebrating Chinese-American photographer Corky Lee.
Google Doodle celebrates Chinese-American photographer Corky Lee
Google, the search engine is often seen celebrating one or the other icon and their work with its doodle. On 5th May as well, Google Doodle celebrated another icon that people are unaware of and it’s Corky Lee. Lee has been a Chinese-American photographer.
Lee has been one of the Chinese-American photographers who left a great mark with his work on society. In fact, in the year 1988 May 5th was dedicated to Corky Lee as the “Corky Lee Day”. However, many still don’t know about Corky much.
Who is Corky Lee?
Corky Lee has been a famous Chinese-American photographer, journalist and even an activist as well. Lee was born to parents who were Chinese immigrants. He was born in New York. As far as his education is concerned he had his degree in American studies.
As a journalist though, Lee had photographed some pics that were hard to miss and even contributed greatly towards society. The photographs clicked by Lee captured the struggles and achievements of the community. Not to miss, Corky had his inspiration from Bill Cunningham, a fashion photographer.
Contribution of Corky Lee Toward the society
While there have been many photographs that were amazing of Corky Lee. One of the photographs that came out in 1975 showed a police dragging a Chinese-American boy, Peter Yew.
The pic of Lee went viral all over. After the pic came into the limelight, a week later thousands of residents from Chinatown came together to protest against police brutality. Post which many of his pics have been a revolution towards the society.
On 5th May hence, Google Doodle shows an animated art of Corky Lee showing him with a camera in his hand to honour his dedication and work towards humanity.