Diner, South DakotaArtwork Info About the Artist Artist News 1937 Gelatin silver print Annotated, in pencil, with Library of Congress stamp, in ink, au verso Printed circa 1950 Russell Werner Lee (1903 1986) was born in Ottawa, Illinois and graduated from Lehigh University in 1925 with a degree in engineering. In 1935 Lee began to experiment with a camera and to photograph miners and record conditions in Pennsylvania coalmines. His growing interest in social issues and