Background
Lim was born in 1980 in Tawau, Malaysia, and was raised in Seattle, Washington, where he attended Garfield High School.
Lim was born in 1980 in Tawau, Malaysia, and was raised in Seattle, Washington, where he attended Garfield High School.
Pomona College.
After completing his education at Pomona College in Claremont, California, he developed his photographic style in the fashion scenes of San Francisco, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Lim works in both the American and Japanese fashion markets. He has also worked for Gentlemen’s Quarterly, Maxim, Vibe, and Vogue.
He has also been published in Commercial Photo and made portraits of Paris Hilton, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Lindsay Lohan, and Jennifer Lopez.
Lim is a snap-shot aesthetic photographer, continuing a style pioneered by William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, and Juergen Teller.