While a painter living in Woodstock, New York, Russell Lee purchased his first camera, a 35mm Contax, in 1935 to aid him in his painting and draftsmanship. He photographed his surroundings in Woodstock, venturing out to auctions to document the realities of the Depression as people were forced to sell their household goods.
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Browse the Pre FSA [1935-1936] photographs by Russell Lee:
