We recently had the chance to connect with Momo Lee and have shared our conversation below.
Momo, really appreciate you sharing your stories and insights with us. The world would have so much more understanding and empathy if we all were a bit more open about our stories and how they have helped shaped our journey and worldview. Let’s jump in with a fun one: What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?
When I’m photographing, I completely lose track of time.
The moment I lift the camera, the world becomes quiet and everything narrows into light, emotion, and human connection. Whether it’s documenting a wedding, a family’s ordinary day, or a fleeting expression that lasts only a second, I enter a state of flow where time stops mattering.
Photography brings me back to myself.
It reminds me why I started—because I believe that the most powerful stories are hidden in the small details we overlook. Capturing these honest, intimate moments makes me feel grounded, purposeful, and fully present.
In those moments, I’m not just creating images. I’m reconnecting with the truest version of who I am.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Momo Lee, an editorial documentary wedding and luxury brand photographer based in New York. My work sits at the crossroads of fashion and emotion—where cinematic light, refined composition, and authentic human moments come together to create imagery with a sense of quiet sophistication.
I am drawn to the elegance of real, unscripted moments: a fleeting glance, a hand reaching for another, the soft shift of light across a dress. My approach blends documentary intuition with an editorial sensibility, resulting in photographs that feel both intimate and artfully polished.
In addition to weddings, I frequently collaborate with high-end clients and luxury houses on private events and VIC experiences. These projects require a delicate balance—capturing beauty with discretion, moving seamlessly within exclusive environments, and preserving the emotional quality of the moment while maintaining an elevated visual style. This intersection of trust, artistry, and precision is where I feel most at home.
As Momo Shot Photography continues to grow, I have expanded into destination weddings around the world, along with editorial-driven visual narratives that blend fashion sensibility with emotional storytelling. My work is crafted for clients who value intentionality, artistry, and a modern, understated sense of luxury. Ultimately, I aim to create photographs that feel timeless—images filled with emotion, nuance, and a quiet kind of beauty that continues to resonate long after the moment has passed.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. What part of you has served its purpose and must now be released?
I’m letting go of the part of me that always felt the need to prove something.
That ambition once propelled me forward, but it no longer nurtures who I’m becoming.
Today, I choose to follow what feels true—what I genuinely love, what I want to express—rather than shaping my work to satisfy the market or anticipate an audience’s expectations. And interestingly, the moment I trusted my own vision, I began trusting my clients as well.
When I allowed myself to simply be myself, the people who found me became unmistakably aligned: clients who understand my aesthetic, resonate with my sensibility, and offer the kind of trust that opens the door to deeper, more intentional creativity.
Releasing that old pressure has given my work a new clarity—one rooted in authenticity, intuition, and a quieter, more powerful confidence.
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
It was after the second wave of online harassment.
Growing as a photographer meant being seen, and being seen meant being misunderstood. The first time, the pain stayed with me for a long time. The second time, something shifted.
I realized pain loses its power when you stop hiding it.
So I used it—turned it into fuel, into focus, into a deeper understanding of who I am and why I create.
And in that process, I learned to return my attention to what matters:
my work, my growth, and the people who love me without condition.
Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? What do you believe is true but cannot prove?
I believe that people recognize authenticity intuitively.
There’s no data or formula to prove it, but when a photographer creates from a place of honesty rather than performance, the right viewers always feel it.
That invisible connection—between the creator’s truth and the viewer’s heart—is real to me, even if it can’t be explained.
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: Are you tap dancing to work? Have you been that level of excited at any point in your career? If so, please tell us about those days.
Absolutely—many many times.
There is a certain kind of anticipation that rises long before I pick up the camera. It begins quietly, in the moments when I’m discovering who my clients are—their histories, their bonds, the soft threads that tie their families and friends together.
I feel it when I study a new location, letting it speak to me:
the echo of footsteps in a private airfield,
the hush of wind moving through mountain ridges,
the delicate luxury of an immaculate space crafted for beauty.
Each setting holds its own poetry, its own rhythm, its own light.
And then there are the intimate moments—the kind shared by only two people—tears that fall without hesitation, emotions that surface without fear. These are the scenes that stay with me, long after the day is over.
What feels almost magical is that, through the act of serving others, I often find unexpected friendships forming—quietly, naturally, like a gift I never asked for but deeply treasure.
Those are the days when work feels less like a profession and more like a calling.
When every frame feels like a fragment of a larger film—beautiful, fleeting, and profoundly human.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://momoshotphotography.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momo_shot_photography/
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