The West Old & New November Vol. II Issue XI | Page 18

Lee Nye
(1926 – November 11, 1999)
An American photographer best known for his series of photographs entitled Eddie's Club Collection
that documents Missoula, Montana's working class inhabitants.
Nye was born in Hysham, Montana, in 1926. He attended high school in Butte where his father
worked for the Northern Pacific Railway. Nye quit high school at 17 and worked as a cowboy until he
later joined the United States Navy. In 1950 he moved to California and studied photography at the
Brooks Institute of Photography. In the following years, Nye worked as a photographer in Los Angeles
and New 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."
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