Jacob Riis

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Enjoy!

http://hyperallergic.com/247340/jacob-riiss-photographic-battle-with-new-yorks-19th-century-slums/

 

[OptiKen]

Awesome.
thanks!

 

[ColColt]

His cohort, Lewis Hine, investigator photographer for social change-especially the National Child Labor Committee, also took similar photos but was a little more...gentle, for lack of a better word, with his photos.

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/

 

[GRHazelton]

Thanks for the post! A colleague of mine about 40 years ago was Mr Riis' granddaughter. Small world....