Eileen Darby Lester (née Darby; May 12, 1916 – March 30, 2004) was an American photographer of Broadway theatre productions.
[1] She studied biology at Marylhurst University near Portland, but left at age 20 to pursue photography in Manhattan.
She got a job working in the darkroom at Pix from 1937, then from 1939 started photographing for the agency, which sent her on theatrical assignments.
Darby subsequently founded her own agency, Graphic House, in 1941.
[1][2][3] She died in Long Beach, New York on March 30, 2004.