Exhibitions

Russell Lee Photographs

Yarborough campaign onlookers, Mount Vernon, Texas by Russell Lee, 1954. Russell Lee Photograph Collection. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

"The legacy of Russell Lee's documentary photography is profound," said Dr. Don Carleton, director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. "From his work with the photographic unit of the Federal Farm Security Administration during the Depression, his controversial study of Spanish-speaking people in Texas, and his political work as a photographer for the Texas Observer, Russell evidenced a singular compassion for the human condition."

Exhibition

This traveling exhibition of photographs by renowned documentary photographer Russell Lee draws from the magnificent archive that he donated to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History just prior to his death in 1986. Russell Lee Photographs offers a rare glimpse into the remarkable images he produced in 1935 and 1936 when he first took up a camera and goes on to highlight the vast body of important work that Lee produced from 1947 through 1977. Sections include:

• Human Condition
• Politics
• Travel and Industry
• Texana

Russell Lee Photographs is an exhibition by the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin, presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Russell Lee Photographs is made possible in part by a We the People grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Exhibition Format

Wall-hanging

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Russell Lee Photographs press release

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