- Lee Nye
Lee Nye (1926 –
November 11 ,1999 ) was an Americanphotographer best known for his series of photographs entitled "Eddie's Club Collection" that documentsMissoula ,Montana 's working class inhabitants.Nye was born in
Hysham, Montana , in 1926. He attended high school in Butte where his father worked for theNorthern Pacific Railway . Nye quit high school at 17 and worked as a cowboy until he later joined theUnited States Navy . In 1950 he moved to California and studied photography at theBrooks Institute of Photography . In the following years, Nye worked as a photographer inLos Angeles andNew Orleans covering theater, movie still photography, news, fashion and portraiture. He was awarded two prizes in 1953 by "Photography Magazine" for his photographs "Sunday Morning" and "The Bath."His work has been exhibited throughout the US and Europe. His photographs have appeared in "Photography", "Dance Magazine", "Playboy", "Art News", "American Craft", and "Montana Magazine".
Exhibitions
Transitions in the Nude: 1950-1999; The Montana Museum of Art and Culture, November 9, 2004-January 31, 2005
External links
* [http://www.umt.edu/montanamuseum/nyeinfo.htm Information from the printed pamphlet for Transitions in the Nude: 1950-1999]
* [http://www.nyeimage.com/ Nye Imagery]
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