Russell Lee
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Russell Lee was an American photographer best known for his depression-era work done for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
A bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering led to a job as a chemist, but Llee decided to change his career and become a painter. The photo studies he did for his art led to an interest in photography itself. In 1936 he was hired by the FSA to document families during the depression.
Lee was one of the photographers who in 1942 documented the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II. He is also known for his photography of coal mines and miners in Kentucky.
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<p>Russell Lee and Clem Albers were working for the Farm Security Administration, taking photos of the Japanese Americans who were being interned by the U.S. Government during World War II, when they went to Union Station in Los Angeles. While Albers took the more famous image, both photographed Yuki while she and her mother were waiting to board a train to Manzanar. They had been housed in horse stables at Santa Anita Racetrack before being some of the first people moved to the internment camp in California's Owens Valley.</p>
<p>This work's alternate title is "Los Angeles, California, Japanese-American child who is being evacuated with his [sic] parents to Owens Valley."</p>
<p>SKU: 70488<br />Creator: Russell Lee<br />Date: 1942<br />Original Medium: Photograph<br />Location: Library of Congress</p>
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