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The Children of the Poor
The Children of the Poor
The Children of the Poor
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"The Children of the Poor" is the story of tenement life for the tenement's youngest inhabitants. Social reformer, journalist, and social documentary photographer, Jacob Riis documented slum life to bring attention to the children living there. Through his works, he tried to portray how children survived the perils of New York City slums.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGood Press
Release dateApr 25, 2021
ISBN4057664596208
The Children of the Poor
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Jacob A. Riis

Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his very early adoption of flash. While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people by exposing their living conditions to the middle and upper classes.

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