Jacob Riis's Camera

Jacob Riis's Camera
Author: Alexis O'Neill
Publisher: Thinkingdom
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1635923654

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.

Jacob Riis's Camera

Jacob Riis's Camera
Author: Alexis O'Neill
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2020-03-18
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1629798665

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.

Rediscovering Jacob Riis

Rediscovering Jacob Riis
Author: Bonnie Yochelson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2014-08-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 022618286X

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

Jacob A. Riis
Author: Bonnie Yochelson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780300209167

"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 A. Riis

Jacob A. Riis
Author: Alexander Alland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780893815271

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.

The Making of an American

The Making of an American
Author: Jacob A. Riis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2023-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3387049730

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Exposing Hidden Worlds

Exposing Hidden Worlds
Author: Michael Burgan
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2017-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 075655618X

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.

Reframing Photography

Reframing Photography
Author: Rebekah Modrak
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0415779197

In an accessible yet complex way, Rebekah Modrak and Bill Anthes explore photographic theory, history, and technique to bring photographic education up to date with contemporary photographic practice. --