Early work Lee Cohen's parents helped her build sets in their garage for her earliest film and photographic projects while she attended the
London College of Fashion, where she graduated with
BA (
Hons) in fashion styling and photography and
MA in fashion photography. This became her new source of inspiration for her project,
Women, that would be published six years later. Her photographs and films are character-driven visions of saturated and surreal dreamscapes that capture the manifest pleasures and visceral terrors of the urban environment.
Photography and literary work In 2020, Lee Cohen published her first book,
Women, with IDEA; a major monograph six years in the making; the book featured 100 previously unseen portraits. As a film director, Lee Cohen has worked with
Tyler, the Creator,
Kali Uchis,
A$AP Rocky and
Katy Perry, among others. Commercially, she has worked in fashion with campaigns for
Balenciaga,
Mac,
Maison Margiela,
Adidas,
Schiaparelli,
Gucci,
Miu Miu, and
Valentino. As a photographer, Nadia has shot iconic women including
Rihanna,
Billie Jean King,
Pamela Anderson,
Kim Kardashian, and
Sophia Loren. Lee Cohen's second book,
Hello My Name Is, was published by IDEA in December 2021. It saw Lee Cohen physically manifest herself into 33 characters (both female and male) imagined from 33 found name badges. Alongside each portrait is a still-life of found objects associated with each persona. In 2021, Lee Cohen hosted the opening of
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, a night in collaboration with
Vanity Fair, where she wore
Daniel Roseberry’s iconic gold Schiaparelli design. In May 2022, Lee Cohen opened her first solo art exhibition in the United States at
Jeffrey Deitch gallery in Los Angeles. The gallery presented a thematic showcase of Cohen's photographic works from her monographs (
Women and
HELLO, My Name Is), in addition to an immersive installation featuring video works and life-like sculptures. In 2024, Italian shoe brand
Paris Texas partnered with Cohen on the design of two shoes. == Modeling and acting ==