Standard Oil, New Jersey/Aramco, 1947-50s... In 1947, Russell Lee and Roy Stryker were professionally reunited, as Lee accepted a number of assignments from Stryker, who was then directing documentary projects for Standard Oil New Jersey (SONJ). Many of the same photographers who worked under Stryker in the FSA rejoined him at SONJ, where he was tasked with improving the corporation’s public image. Many of the photographs taken were directly related to the oil industry, but Stryker instructed his photographers to think more broadly about oil production and its impact on everyday life. Lee’s negatives taken for Standard Oil New Jersey are now held by the University of Louisville Special Collections. Lee continued his industrial photography through the 1950s, working for a variety of companies, including the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco), and Jones and Laughlin Steel.
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