Lee Friedman has over 20 years of experience in design and visual communication. He is a former Creative Director of Dwell magazine and was the Founding Creative Director of Everywhere, an online and print travel magazine. His work has received awards from the AIGA, the Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, and Graphis.

Prior to his work in graphic design and creative direction, Lee had a long career as a professional photographer in New York and Paris where he shot fashion, still-life and portraiture for clients including Vogue, Esquire, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, W, Bergdorf Goodman, MTV, and The New York Times Magazine, and many others. His photographs are represented by a gallery in New York City and are in several private collections.

Lee has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, the San Francisco Art Institute, the State University of New York at New Paltz, and has been an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts (CCA) since 2001, and currently serves on the Thesis Committee. Lee holds a BFA in photography from Pratt Institute, and an MFA in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design.