Riis

Jacob Riis deserves a place in history because of the many astonishing actions he did for America. His motivation and preparation helped him reach his great success during his time. Because of Riis’ motivation, preparation, and accomplishments, he was able to obtain a spot as a Progressive era historical figure. Motivation Jacob Riis’ motivation caused him to take action in New York City, which created history. For example, as a young boy, Riis was so terrified by the tenement houses and how people

Jacob Riis Jacob Riis was born in Ribe, Denmark on May 3rd, 1894 (Biography.com). When Riis first started off in his young adult life he was a carpenter, he then proceeded to move to the United States and wanted to become a U.S. Army volunteer but because of his poor health he was unable to do it . Jacob continued to move around multiple times (thefamouspeople.com). After many hard times of not having jobs and then having low pay jobs he picked up photography (biography.com). He took many pictures

I have chosen for the week’s discussion the photography of Jacob Riis. Jacob Riis was a photojournalist that told whom shed light on the living conditions of the impoverished citizens in New York. The first photo by Jacob Riis is titled Under the dump at West 35 street, 1989-1913. The exact date cannot be pinpointed only the time frame in which the photo was taken. http://www.authentichistory.com/1898-1913/2-progressivism/2-riis/204.jpg May varying types of visual elements are seen in the photograph

thing. Photographers like Jacob August Riis and August Sander used photography to tell stories that words couldn’t. With photographs like “Poverty Gappers Playing Coney Island” and “Turkish Mousetrap Salesman”, Riis and Sander’s was able to show stories that surpass anything else. They both worked to give their subjects an identity and using it to show how they and the world around them was suffering. Jacob Riis was a photographer during the Progressive era.

Doc. 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums Dreams of being a mother during the 19th century were demolished when the birth rate of babies increased dramatically, for the only way to “care” for a child, was to abandon them. A mother’s instincts are loving, protecting and caring unconditionally for their child. Through the early times, the birth rate of newborns was insignificantly high, due to many reasons, one being the lack of a way to avoid pregnancies. The consequence

immigrants found their way to America just to struggle to survive in the tenement housing for the remainder of their lives. This was their lifestyle until people such as Jacob Riis, the social workers of the settlement houses, and the participants in the Ladies Garment Worker Union wanted to change things. Jacob Riis was a Christian Dutch writer who believed that those who were wealthy and able to make change were the ones to improve immigrant housing to follow the footsteps of Christ to

taken by a turn of the 19th century photographer named Jacob August Riis. Riis was not only a photographer, but also a reporter, a writer and a reformer. He used his skills to spur reforms and spur the minds of the public and the government throughout his life. Riis had his beginnings in the humble town of Ribe, Denmark (Jacob). He was born in May of 1849 to his father, Niels Riis, a schoolteacher, and his mother, Carolina Riis. From his father, he began to learn English at a young age. He grew

Many readers infer that John Wilson is a homeless man in the short story, “Zebra,” by Chaim Potok, but this claim has been proven otherwise throughout the story. This quote proves that John Wilson is, in fact, not homeless: “The sender was John Wilson, with a return address in Virginia” (Potok 60). The reader can assume from this quote that John Wilson does occupy a home due to the fact that there was a return address labeled on the envelope. In the story, Zebra also realizes that John Wilson is

the public and legislators, where it needed to be seen. Actually, instead of documentary photography, it may best be called social reform photography, as they both worked tirelessly and used the medium to force attention and to effect social change. Riis used photography to illustrate his “social reform” documentary writing, he was not originally a photographer, but he saw the drama and sense of proof photographs provided. His photographs were presumably and represented as unposed and some of his images

Jacob Riis was an effective muckraker because he took photographs that showed how bad conditions were for those who were in poverty in factories and homes. For example, in one of his photographs, it shows a boy in a glass factory in the 1890's and he is in ragged clothing surrounded by a mess of dust and glass everywhere showing that kids were experiencing bad working conditions in factories. Also, on one of his other photographs there were many people living in the street because they couldn't afford