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1984 black and-white photo shows an older woman sitting in a car, purse in her hands, wearing a hat and a light-colored uniform.
Lula, Mississippi (1984): This woman had just been driven home from a job that required her to announce her status by wearing a uniform. She is clutching a five-dollar bill in her right hand.

Spotlight: Nov 13, 2022

Photographer Baldwin Lee ’72 traversed the American South in the 1980s, documenting scenes that caught his eye. In a new monograph with 88 photos from this project, Lee calls his MIT mentor, Minor White, “an oasis in a sea of science and technology.”

Nov 13, 2022

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Photo: "Lula, Mississippi (1984)" by Baldwin Lee ’72