About Rae Russel
Lived 1925 – 2008 (aged 83). Rae Russel was an American photographer.
Early life Rae Russel was born Rae Schlussel, May 16, 1925, to Ida and Adolf Schlussel of Brooklyn, New York.
Russel died October 17, 2008, at the age of 83, at Petaluma Valley Hospital in Petaluma, California, after complications from surgery for a brain tumor. Four exhibitions at the Katonah Museum, New York (1965, 1970, 1975, 1983). Photographing Children (1971) and Nursing Home Organization and Operation (1979).
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Who was Rae Russel?
American photographer (1925-2008)
When was Rae Russel born?
Rae Russel was born on 16 May 1925 in Brooklyn.
When did Rae Russel die?
Rae Russel died on 17 October 2008 in Petaluma.
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Rae Russel was a photographer.
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Rae Russel was American.
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