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Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York
Yochelson, Bonnie, Czitrom, Daniel
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Description for Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York
Paperback. Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York. Num Pages: 296 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; AJB; AJCR; BGH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 80 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Before publishing his pioneering book How the Other Half Lives - a photojournalistic investigation into the poverty of New York's tenement houses - Jacob 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 empathy for the lives of immigrants that would shine through in his iconic photos. With Rediscovering Jacob Riis, Bonnie Yochelson and Daniel Czitrom place Jacob Riis' images in historical context. In the first half of their book, Czitrom ... Read more
Before publishing his pioneering book How the Other Half Lives - a photojournalistic investigation into the poverty of New York's tenement houses - Jacob 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 empathy for the lives of immigrants that would shine through in his iconic photos. With Rediscovering Jacob Riis, Bonnie Yochelson and Daniel Czitrom place Jacob Riis' images in historical context. In the first half of their book, Czitrom ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226182865
SKU
V9780226182865
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About Yochelson, Bonnie, Czitrom, Daniel
Bonnie Yochelson was curator of prints and photographs at the Museum of the City of New York and teaches in the MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. She is the author, most recently, of Alfred Stieglitz New York. Daniel Czitrom is professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York
"An evocative and valuable reminder both of one unrelenting individual's ability to make a difference and of the relevance of his revelations to the painfully familiar problems we face today." (Sam Roberts, New York Times) "A rigorous, scholarly reexamination of Riis's life and work.... Riis's lightning-flash images of social catastrophe still have the power to shock, even after 120 years." ... Read more