Before publishing his pioneering book "How the Other Half Lives"a photojournalistic investigation into the poverty of New York s tenement houses, home to three quarters of the city s populationJacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the United States as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, barely surviving on his carpentry skills until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. These early experiences provided Riis with an understanding of what it was like to be poor in the immigrant communities that populated New York s slums, and it was this empathy that would shine through in his...
Before publishing his pioneering book "How the Other Half Lives"a photojournalistic investigation into the poverty of New York s tenement houses, home...
The definitive study of the images made by a pioneer journalist and photographer who passionately advocated for America's urban poor
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.
This important publication is the first comprehensive study and complete...
The definitive study of the images made by a pioneer journalist and photographer who passionately advocated for America's urban poor
The Lams of Ludlow Street is an in-depth look at a family living in New York City's Chinatown. In an attempt to better understand his own Chinese heritage, Thomas Holton began photographing the streets and the daily rituals of the neighborhood. However, what began as a more traditional documentary project in the "street photography" genre developed into a much more intimate exploration of a single family's life spanning a decade. It shows the Asian American immigrant experience as well as it is the exploration of a family's turbulent history, which everyone can relate to regardless...
The Lams of Ludlow Street is an in-depth look at a family living in New York City's Chinatown. In an attempt to better understand his own Ch...
