Essay On Jacob Riis

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Slide 1: - Chosen Jacob Riis * Since he’s also Scandinavian, I’m also moving into US * Known to be one of the first documentary Photographers Slide 2: - Was born in Ribe, Denmark - He was a carpenter, but jobs where few - Left Denmark as a 21 year old Slide 3: - Left Denmark moved to New York in 1870 * Tried to find work Slide 4: - Lived in poverty - Unable to find work - Lived on the street - Did variety of menial jobs before finding work with a news bureau Slide 5: - First got a job as a police reporter, images of crime scenes * Later as a reporter NY Tribune Slide 6: - Tried to show the neighborhoods where dangerous * By showing what middle and upper class people were afraid of * Riis's photographs had…show more content…
His blurred, half-lit images both fascinated and frightened his audiences. Slide 12: - three children are resting outside their home in the slums. Many immigrant families, including children, were crammed into small apartment-like living spaces. As you can conclude, they lived with poor living conditions, poor sanitation, and overcrowding. Also, they had to worry about diseases that threatened their everyday lives. He used flashbulb photography to capture the immigrants living in these harsh conditions. This really opened the eyes of New Yorkers to take action and start helping immigrants find better living conditions. This eventually led to the start of the Progressive Era which spared many immigrants their
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