Daily Express Photographer Les Lee dies aged 92

Les in 2013

Daily Express Photographer Leslie Lee passed away Tuesday 9 January aged 92 in Braintree Essex. Tony Sapiano who worked with Les reported the news on photographers forum Snapperweb.

View another photo of Les here in the 1980’s on the Daily Drone

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At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

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