Saturated Dreamscapes of Nadia Lee Cohen
British photographer, filmmaker, and self-portrait artist Nadia Lee Cohen has been an inspiration for all and has heavily influenced the filmmaking industry. Heavily inspired by cinema, especially the American and British in the 1960’s/70’s, her photographs and films are visions of surreal and saturated dreamscapes. Nadia explores the standoff between strength and fragility within womankind and focuses on the duality of the female form. From working with Miu Miu to A$AP Rocky, Vogue, and I-D Magazine, she continues to leave her imprint within the industries.
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Born and raised in the English countryside, her family has had quite the influence on her passions and have supported her since the beginning. Her early film and photograph projects led her to attend London College of Fashion, where she received the highest honors in BA and MA fashion photography. After her relocation to Los Angeles, the Holly scenery played quite an enormous role within her work. She came to realize that Hollywood had a much darker side, and throughout the sadness and disappointment, she found inspiration for her project, Women. In the works for almost six years, Women promotes character- driven visions that capture the pleasures and visceral terrors of the Hollywood environment. The book features 100 unseen portraits and displays a heartbreaking work of theatrical ambiguity. Fast forward to 2020, when the book Women was published with IDEA, it became an immediate success. Since the admirable achievement, Lee Cohen hosted the opening of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a collaboration with Vanity Fair and has worked with numerous of important names, including Tyler the Creator, Katy Perry, and Kali Uchis. Represented by numerous agents, her film genius has led her to collaborate with Mac Cosmetics, Maison Margiela, Schiaparelli, Gucci, and Valentino. A prodigy behind and outside of the camera, she has also starred in Black Licorice, and appeared in Calvin Klein’s campaign and walked for a number of shows.
“After the Storm”' Music Video
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SKIMS Campaign
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Her most recent projects include Playboy, Hello My Name Is, Wolford x GCDS, Numero Berlin and America, and Paper Magazine. Nadia Lee shot the cover story for Playboy featuring past playmates, representing women in Playboy from now to the 1960’s for the Equality Issue. She shot both covers for the Numero’s magazines and shot ‘FutureBeach’ for Paper magazine. Within the Hello My Name Is project, she shot 33 portraits and 33 still lives. Her first solo exhibition, which features the pieces within Hello My Name is, will be projected in Los Angeles this Saturday, May 22.
PLAYBOY - ‘The Equality’ issue
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Numéro Berlin
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Hello My Name Is
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