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Russell Lee
American
(1903–1986)
Mormon farmer carrying cane to crusher, Ivins, Washington County, Utah
1940
Gelatin silver print
11 x 13.5 in. (27.94 x 34.29 cm)
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
1987.145
Photographer Russell Lee is best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration. He traveled across the nation to capture images of the people and places in rural America. While in Utah, Lee concentrated on photographing the trials and the triumphs in the daily lives of farmers. In this scene, he documents a farmer lugging branches of cane to a crusher on a farm in southeastern Utah. Despite his physical exertion, the farmer smiles and focuses his attention at someone or something to his left.
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Ivins (Utah)
- Sources:
- Feast & be fit, 1996:
- Rand McNally commercial atlas, 1985:
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Growing West: Exploring Art in Agriculture , 3/15/2016 - 5/7/2016
- Three Depression-Era Photographers in Utah , 1/28/2021 - 5/25/2021
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