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Russell Lee Photographs Images from the Russell Lee Photograph Collection at the Center for American History

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ISBN-10: 0292714998

ISBN-13: 9780292714991

Edition: 2007

Authors: Russell Lee, John Szarkowski, J. B. Colson, Linda Peterson, Linda Peterson

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"Russell Lee's sense of the possibilities of photography was almost as generous, open, and democratic as photography itself. His appetite as a spectator was as wide as the prairie, and his sympathy for his fellows appeared seamless." John Szarkowski, from the foreword Russell Lee is widely acclaimed as one of the most outstanding documentary photographers of the twentieth century. His images of American life during the Great Depression, created for the Farm Security Administration between 1936 and 1942, hold a preeminent place in one of history's best-known and most useful photographic collections. This famous body of work demonstrates Lee's extraordinary ability to reveal the humanity…    
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Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 2/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 252
Size: 12.20" wide x 11.22" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 4.752
Language: English

John Szarkowski, is Director Emeritus of the Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. His book of photographs of the buildings of Louis Sullivan was recently reissued by Bulfinch Press. Szarkowski lives in East Chatham, NY, & New York City.

J. B. COLSON is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Linda Peterson is an award winning freelance designer and educator.#xA0; She creates kits, projects and develops new products for Amaco#xAE;.#xA0; She contributes to national craft magazines and crafting televsion shows.

Foreword
Introduction: ""There was a job to do"": The Photographic Career of
The Photographs Human Condition Politics Travel and Industry Texana
Acknowledgments