J.Lee Photography & Multimedia

03/16/2025

A few sample images from 10th Annual SC High School Rodeo in Conway, SC. Click The Sun News gallery for more. https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article302161179.html?tbref=hp

11/08/2021

Without having an ID or social security number, this man’s identity search spanned four states and nearly two years. But “you can’t give up on people,” SC social worker Lisa Hyatt said.

11/05/2021

10/26/2021

“These vast expanses of marshes we are accustomed to in the Southeast are going to disappear.” Islands have sunk and wetlands are disappearing in Mississippi and Louisiana. Scientists worry that climate change, sea level rise and humans themselves are putting South Atlantic tidelands in danger f...

10/24/2021

Watch Video: Oysters from marsh to table for a low county oyster roast, a tradition that may be threatened by rising sea levels.

Robert Barber, owner of Bowens Island Restaurant, a haven for oyster-lovers, wonders how surging sea levels will affect the salt marsh — and its oysters — over time.

12/31/2020

It's something of a tradition for photojournalist to publish a year-in-review. I hesitated. It's been a tough year for a lot of folks. Then I thought about the important moments I witnessed in 2020: the musician playing to an empty restaurant, vigils in hospital parking lots, toilet paper hoarding, protests in the streets, people timidly venturing out for the first time after lockdown wearing masks, folks trying to find a way to enjoy their summer vacations despite the pandemic, memorials for the lost, and first vaccines administered. These are moments that need to be remember and it's why we do what we do. Here are the 50 images I made as a Staff Photographer at The Sun News that meant something to me.

2020 Year in Review as a staff photographer for The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, S.C. All images Copyright The Sun News.