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How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890) is an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s.
As an immigrant in 1890s New York, photographer Jacob Riis documented how the other half lives. Here, we look at a collection of Jacob Riis photographs Jacob Riis was an extremely influential photographer whose photojournalism completely changed everything from representation to actual policies.
26 de abr. de 2014 · Long ago it was said that “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.” That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat.
22 de may. de 2024 · Jacob Riis (1849–1914) was an American reporter, social reformer, and photographer. His book How the Other Half Lives (1890) shocked readers with his descriptions of slum conditions in New York City, and it was an important predecessor to the muckraking journalism that gained popularity in the U.S. after 1900.
Jacob Riis wrote his first (and now enduringly famous) book, How the Other Half Lives (1890) late at night “while the house slept.”. He recalled: “It was my habit to light the lamps in all the rooms of the lower story and roam through them with my pipe, for I do most of my writing on my feet.”. The book was a bestseller.
When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, the U.S. Census Bureau ranked New York as the most densely populated city in the United States—1.5 million inhabitants. Riis claimed that per square mile, it was one of the most densely populated places on the planet.
Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant, combined photography and journalism into a powerful indictment of poverty in America. His 1890, How the Other Half Lives shocked Americans with its raw depictions of urban slums. Here, he describes poverty in New York.
