Lee Russell

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Lee Russell was an American photographer known for his work documenting rural life and poverty in the United States as part of the Farm Security Administration project during the Great Depression.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American photographer
photographer
associatedWith New Deal programs
United States federal government
contributedTo visual record of American rural poverty
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Farm Security Administration
era 20th century
fieldOfWork documentary photography
photojournalism
focusesOn conditions of rural communities
economic hardship in the United States
genre documentary photography
hasCollectionIn Library of Congress
hasPhotographicSubject agricultural workers
rural families
small towns in the United States
hasWorkType social documentary photography
languageOfWorkOrName English
mediaUsed black-and-white photography
movement New Deal photography
notableFor documenting poverty in the United States
documenting rural life in the United States
notableWork Farm Security Administration photography
occupation photographer
participatedIn Farm Security Administration photography project
Great Depression-era documentary photography
partOf Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
workLocation rural United States
workPeriod Great Depression

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Farm Security Administration photographers
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