Kessel emigrated to the US in 1923 (naturalized 1929) to New York City and worked at part-time jobs in the fur industry and for Russian-language newspapers then in 1934 attended the Rabinovitch School of Photography.
Kessel emigrated to the US in 1923 (naturalized 1929) to New York City. Kessel worked at part-time jobs in the fur industry and for Russian. Language newspapers then in 1934 attended the Rabinovitch School of Photography.