Collection: Power & Light - Russel Lee's Coal Survey

Power & Light is an exhibition of photographs by renowned documentary photographer Russell Lee telling the story of workers who helped build a nation. Russell Lee’s coal survey photographs honor a group of Americans, more diverse than we realized, who were mostly hidden from view.

Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation through the generous support of The Mars Family & Mars, Incorporated and Anonymous.