Russell Lee

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documentary photographer human photographer

Russell Lee was an American photographer best known for his extensive documentary work for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, capturing vivid images of rural and small-town life.

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	documentary photographer → human → photographer →
affiliatedWith	United States federal government →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
employer	Farm Security Administration →
fieldOfWork	documentary photography → photojournalism →
genre	documentary photography →
hasCollectionIn	Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photograph Collection at the Library of Congress → Library of Congress →
hasGender	male →
hasInfluenceOn	American documentary photography → social documentary photographers →
hasPhotographicSubject	American farmers → Great Depression in the United States → everyday life of working-class Americans → migrant workers → poverty in rural America → rural life in the United States → small-town life in the United States →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	New Deal photography →
notableFor	extensive documentary work for the Farm Security Administration → photographs of rural life in the United States → photographs of small-town life during the Great Depression → vivid images documenting social conditions in the United States →
notableWork	Farm Security Administration documentary photographs →
occupation	documentary photographer → photographer →
participantIn	Great Depression-era documentary photography →
participatedIn	Farm Security Administration photography project →
partOf	Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information photographic collection →
workLocation	United States → rural United States → small towns in the United States →
workPeriod	20th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Farm Security Administration photographers →	hasPart
Roy Stryker →	notableStudentOrColleague