Jacob August Riis
- Introduction
- Jacob August Riis (; May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his very early adoption of flash in photography. While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people by exposing their living conditions to the middle and upper classes.
- Wikidata
- Q379211
- Introduction
- American author.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Journalist, Photographer
- Names
- Jacob August Riis, Jacob August Riss, Jacob A. Riis
- Ulan
- 500063987
Exhibitions
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Photography Rotation 8
May 13, 2011–Mar 12, 2012
MoMA
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts, Places: The Rise of the Modern World
Oct 28, 1999–Mar 14, 2000
MoMA
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The Artist as Adversary
Jul 1–Sep 27, 1971
MoMA
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Photographs Before Surrealism
Apr 3–Jul 28, 1968
MoMA
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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
Oct 25, 1967
MoMA
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Jacob August Riis has
12 exhibitionsonline.
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Jacob August Riis Blind Beggar 1888
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Jacob August Riis Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street 1888
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Jacob August Riis Reporter Office at 301 Mulberry Street 1888
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Jacob August Riis The Bend 1889
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Jacob August Riis Prayer Time in the Nursery, Five Points House of Industry 1889
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Jacob August Riis The Short Tail Gang. Corlears Hook under the Pier at the foot of Jackson Street 1889
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Jacob August Riis In Poverty Gap, West 28th Street: An English Coal-heaver's Home 1889
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Jacob August Riis Bohemian Cigarmakers at Work in Their Tenement 1889
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Jacob August Riis Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot 1889
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Jacob August Riis Minding the Baby. Scene in Gotham Court 1889
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Jacob August Riis The Man Slept in This Cellar for Four Years 1890
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Jacob August Riis Women in Elizabeth Police Street Station 1890
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Jacob August Riis Police Station Lodgers in Oak Street Station 1890
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Jacob August Riis Ancient Lodger, Eldridge Street Police Station 1890
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Jacob August Riis "I Scrubs" - Katie, Who Keeps House on West Forty-Ninth Street 1890
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Jacob August Riis Police Station Lodgers in Elizabeth Street Station 1888-95
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Jacob August Riis East Side Public School. A Class in the Condemned Essex Market School. Gas burning by day 1888-95
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Jacob August Riis Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement 1888-95
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Jacob August Riis The Street, their Playground 1888-1895
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Jacob August Riis Sabbath Eve in a Coal Celler, Ludlow Street 1888-1895
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Jacob August Riis Shoemaker, Broome Street 1888-1895
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Jacob August Riis In a Dive 1895
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