Exposing Hidden Worlds: How Jacob Riis' Photos Became Tools for Social Reform (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780756556181)

President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis the best American I ever knew. The pioneering photojournalist, an immigrant from Denmark, drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling book How the Other Half Lives. The book focused on the difficult time immigrants faced as thousands of newcomers flooded into the United States each year. Riis called for reform and hoped to prod government officials to help the poor people who were forced to live under horrible conditions. The impact of Riis' photos came from capturing the poor and homeless as they lived and worked, with the subjects' eyes often staring directly into the camera. The great photographer Ansel Adams called them magnificent achievements in the field of humanistic photography. But the reforms that came from Riis' work have not eliminated urban poverty and homelessness, and important work remains to be done.

Author: Michael Burgan
ISBN-10: 075655618X
ISBN-13: 9780756556181
Publisher: Compass Point Books
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.50h x 9.40w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 189641 / Exposing Hidden Worlds: How Jacob Riis' Photos Became Tools for Social Reform


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 42
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 140 - Recommended, Satisfactory