Russell Lee at Hermiston
Russell Lee was an American photojournalist who in 1936 went to work for the federal Farm Security Administration documentation project. The FSA built a remarkable collection of 80,000 photographs of America during the Depression because they hired great photographers—Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans and Gordon Parks, who crossed the U.S. to produce a “visual encyclopedia of American life.” Lee is responsible for
Dorothea Lange in Morrow County
A 20th Century Master In Morrow County As she rose to the peak of her creative powers, Dorothea Lange visited Irrigon in 1939 on a trip through Oregon documenting the Great Depression for FDR Working in the crisp fall air, a farmer and his wife caught Dorothea Lange’s eye as they dug sweet potatoes along the Columbia River at Irrigon in October 1939. As part of the legendary
