Rae Russel


Rae Russel was an American photographer, who specialized in photo-journalism and family portrait work.

Early life

Rae Russel was born Rae Schlussel, May 16, 1925, to Ida and Adolf Schlussel of Brooklyn, New York.
Russel died Oct. 17, 2008, at the age of 84, at Petaluma Valley Hospital in Petaluma, California, after complications from surgery for a brain tumor. She is survived by two sons by her former husband, also a professional photographer, the late Alfred Gescheidt, Andrew Gescheidt, born 1958, and Jack Gescheidt, also a professional photographer, born 1960.

Exhibitions

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