Background
Russell Lee was born on July 21, 1903, in Ottawa, Illinois, United States.
Russell studied at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the United States in 1925.
Russell Lee was born on July 21, 1903, in Ottawa, Illinois, United States.
Lee received a degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States in 1925. He studied painting from 1929 to 1935 and then began photography.
From 1925 to 1929 Russell worked as a plant manager and chemist. Russell worked at the U.S. Department of Interior Coal Mines Administration (1946-1947), for the Air Transport Command, U.S. Army (1943-1945), and for the Farm Security Administration (1936-1943).
Since 1947 Russell has been a freelance photographer. From 1965 to 1973 Russell was a lecturer in the Art Department of the University of Texas.
Lee has been a member of ASMP since 1950.