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 pla

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Jacob Riis (1849-1914) was born in Denmark and emigrated to America at the age of 21. After several years of poverty, he found work as a police reporter, which

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 l