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Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York´s Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographs
Bonnie Yochelson
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Description for Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York´s Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographs
Hardback. The definitive study of the images made by a pioneer journalist and photographer who passionately advocated for America's urban poor Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 color, 375 duotone + 210 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AGC; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 316 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2048.
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 catalogue of Riis's world-famous ... Read more
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 catalogue of Riis's world-famous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
2032g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300209167
SKU
V9780300209167
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About Bonnie Yochelson
Bonnie Yochelson is former curator of prints and photographs at the Museum of the City of New York, and an art historian specializing in photography.
Reviews for Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York´s Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographs
Jacob Riis's late-19th-century admonition that the battle against the slum began only when conscience joined forces with fear and self-interest still resonates with modern readers in a gripping anthology of his original photographs. -Sam Roberts, The New York Times, Bookshelf section