Shawn Lee

Director

Cr.Photog. / Southfield, MI / [email protected]

Bio

Shawn Lee is a professional photographer, people advocate, speaker and influencer in the creative industry.  

In the last 5 years Shawn has been named a Godox Educator of Light, Director of Photography and Executive Producer for TEDxDetroit, Featured Speaker for Miller's Professional Imaging, Lead Visual Storyteller for Rebrand Cities, an initiative partnered with Wordpress.com to put small businesses on the grid globally. He has won $120K to invest in the next generation of creative professionals and his most recent accolades is receiving the 2022 Humanitarian Award from the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the 2024 National Award from the Professional Photographers of MI (PPM), PPA's highest honor that can be bestowed on a photographer. 

Shawn's projects include running ROCK THAT, a photography conference whose sole mission is to invest back into the industry of photography through education and giveback. ROCK THAT Nation, a dedicated community of creatives. Also, the 'Love is Greater Than Everything' campaign that invest great resources into global inclusion and empowering the next generation of creative professionals. Shawn is passionate about photographers being successful in long term business and makes it a point to have business meetups with photographers, makeup artists and hairstylists on a regular basis to foster and mentor getting and maintaining profitable business.  

Shawn has a great desire to serve people and the greater cause of society. It greatly influences his projects, his affiliations and partnerships. Shawn has a vision to lead through inspiration and it drives his passion for people, service and business.

Other Board Members

Jeffery Galinovsky
M.Photog.Cr., CPP
Director
Phaneendra Gudapati
M.Photog.Cr., CPP
Treasurer
Brandon Heiss
Industry Advisor
Jenny Eggers
M.Photog., CPP
Director
John Gress
M.Photog.Cr., CPP
Director
Terri Baskin
Director