Russell Lee: Bibliography & Resources

Books, documentaries, and scholarly resources

Books

2021

Russell Lee: A Photographer's Life and Legacy

Mary Jane Appel

The definitive biography of Russell Lee, drawing extensively on the Library of Congress photography archive to trace his full life and career.

ISBN: 978-1631496165

2007

Russell Lee Photographs: Images from the Russell Lee Photograph Collection at the Center for American History

Russell Lee, with John Szarkowski, J. B. Colson, and Linda Peterson

A collection of Lee's photographs drawn from his personal archive at the University of Texas at Austin, with essays placing his career in context.

ISBN: 978-0292714991

1994

Far From Main Street: Three Photographers in Depression-Era New Mexico

Museum of New Mexico Press (Russell Lee, Dorothea Lange, John Collier)

A study of New Mexico through the FSA work of three photographers, including Lee's celebrated Pie Town series.