Rediscovering Jacob Riis : exposure journalism and photography in turn-of-the-century New York

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"In "REDISCOVERING JACOB RIIS" Bonnie Yochelson and Daniel Czitrom offer a fresh look at the Progressive-era social reformer, journalist, and pioneer photographer who publicized the conditions of the desperately poor in turn-of-the-century New York. Drawing on a wide range of archival, photographic, and manuscript sources, the book reassesses Jacob Riis's career and influence as a crusader for improved housing, as a prototypical muckraking journalist, and as a precursor of documentary photography. Czitrom explores Riis's reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York: its new immigrants, its political machines, its fiercely competitive journalism, its evangelical reformers, and its labor movement. Yochelson presents the first thorough study of Riis's photographs, reevaluating Riis's significance at a critical juncture in the history of photography. -
This rich historical narrative examines the full scope of Riis's work, beginning with his arrival to the United States in 1870 and concluding with his death in 1914-It features an eight-page duotone photo essay and ninety black-and-white illustrations taken primarily from the Jacob A. Riis Collection of the Museum of the City of New York.