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How the Other Half Lives
Author | : Jacob Riis |
Publsiher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781458500427 |
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Rediscovering Jacob Riis
Author | : Bonnie Yochelson,Daniel Czitrom |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2014-08-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226182865 |
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Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was the author of How the Other Half Lives (1890). This study of his life and work includes excerpts from Riis s diary, chronicling romance, poverty, temptation, and, after many false starts, employment as a writer and reformer. In the second half, Yochelson describes how Riis used photography to shock and influence his readers. The authors describe Riis s intellectual education and discuss the influence of How the Other Half Lives on urban history. It shows that Riis argued for charity rather than social justice; but the fact that he understood what it was to be homeless did humanize Riis s work, and that work has continued to inspire reformers. Yochelson focuses on how Riis came to obtain his now famous images, how they were manipulated for publication, and their influence on the young field of photography."
Jacob A Riis
Author | : Bonnie Yochelson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0300209169 |
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"Danish-born Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914) found success in America as a reporter for the New York Tribune, first documenting crime and later turning his eye to housing reform. As tenement living conditions became unbearable in the wake of massive immigration, Riis and his camera captured some of the earliest, most powerful images of American urban poverty"--Jacket.
Jacob Riis s Camera
Author | : Alexis O'Neill |
Publsiher | : Thinkingdom |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781635923650 |
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This revealing biography of a pioneering photojournalist and social reformer Jacob Riis shows how he brought to light one of the worst social justice issues plaguing New York City in the late 1800s--the tenement housing crisis--using newly invented flash photography. Jacob Riis was familiar with poverty. He did his best to combat it in his hometown of Ribe, Denmark, and he experienced it when he immigrated to the United States in 1870. Jobs for immigrants were hard to get and keep, and Jacob often found himself penniless, sleeping on the streets or in filthy homeless shelters. When he became a journalist, Jacob couldn't stop seeing the poverty in the city around him. He began to photograph overcrowded tenement buildings and their impoverished residents, using newly developed flash powder to illuminate the constantly dark rooms to expose the unacceptable conditions. His photographs inspired the people of New York to take action. Gary Kelley's detailed illustrations perfectly accompany Alexis O'Neill's engaging text in this STEAM title for young readers.
The Making of an American
Author | : Jacob August Riis |
Publsiher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1970-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781465534200 |
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Jacob A Riis
Author | : Alexander Alland |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0893815276 |
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Riis's images of the slums of New York have influenced every subsequent generation of photographers, while his insightful exploration of the problems of urban life continues to be educational for societies around the world.
Children of the Tenements Musaicum Christmas Specials
Author | : Jacob A. Riis |
Publsiher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2020-12-17 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : EAN:4064066385163 |
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Musaicum Books presents the Musaicum Christmas Specials. We have selected the greatest Christmas novels, short stories and fairy tales for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. Children of the Tenements is a collection of stories and tales about orphans and poor children living in the slums of New York City. It provides an interesting insight into city life at the turn of the century and shows how the spirit of Christmas can make an impact even on the most unfortunate ones.
Exposing Hidden Worlds
Author | : Michael Burgan |
Publsiher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2017-07-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756556181 |
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President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis "the best American I ever knew." The pioneering photojournalist, an immigrant from Denmark, drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling book How the Other Half Lives. The book focused on the difficult time immigrants faced as thousands of newcomers flooded into the United States each year. Riis called for reform and hoped to prod government officials to help the poor people who were forced to live under horrible conditions. The impact of Riis' photos came from capturing the poor and homeless as they lived and worked, with the subjects' eyes often staring directly into the camera. The great photographer Ansel Adams called them "magnificent achievements in the field of humanistic photography." But the reforms that came from Riis' work have not eliminated urban poverty and homelessness, and important work remains to be done.