Russell Lee
American photographer and photojournalist (1903-1986) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 83
Russell Werner Lee was an American photographer and photojournalist, best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) during the Great Depression. His images documented the ethnography of various American classes and cultures.
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Lee, between 1935 and 1942
(L-R) John Vachon, Arthur Rothstein, Russell Lee, and Roy Stryker, between 1937 and 1944
Lone Driller’s Water Break is a 1939 photograph by Russell Lee, taken as part of the Farm Security Administration's photography program. It depicts a worker drinking from a battered pan during the Texas Oil Boom in Kilgore, Texas - a snapshot of boomtown grit and improvisation.
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Lee was known for his technical innovation, particularly his use of direct flash photography to capture indoor environments that other photographers of the era avoided.
