Jarod Lew (b.1987) is an Asian American artist/documentary photographer based in Oak Park, Michigan. Lew received his BFA at Michigan State University in 2009 and is focusing on the complexities between human identity and the environment that surrounds it. Currently he is working on completing the work that documents the current changes within the city of Detroit. His work has been featured on BuzzFeed, Financial Times Weekend, and Lens Culture.
In 2015, his portrait "Audrey 2014" was placed in a group exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum's National Portrait Gallery, which will continue to travel to several U.S. museums until 2018. In 2016, he was awarded the PDN Exposure Award and was spotlighted at Photoville 2016 in Brooklyn, New York.