Remembering Russell Lee on his birthday 🎂
Boys on Easter morning, Southside Chicago, 1941
My favourite Lee photo
Photographer Russell Lee was born on this day in 1903.
Migrant farmers in Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940
Russell Lee
Two pictures of young Japanese-Americans being forcibly relocated to Owens Valley, April 1942
Russell Lee
Children in an automobile waiting for their father to come out of the general store, Jarreau, Louisiana, 1938
Russell Lee, self-portrait, 1942
@LibraryCongress
"While he made no images comparable in fame to those of Lange or Evans, his work has been increasingly recognized for his penetrating eye for detail & a somewhat quieter & subtler portrayal of human experience."
- Douglas C McGill
Russell Lee
A man on the porch of a general store near Jeanerette, Louisiana, photographed in 1938 @librarycongress
"There seem to be no cameras between us & the people he photographs. His subjects are at ease & we are at ease with them."
- David L. Shirey
Russell Lee
Pinal County, Arizona, 1942
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.