Rediscovering Jacob Riis; Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn of The Century New York
- SIGNED
- New York: The New Press, 2007
New York: The New Press, 2007. First American Edition. Octavo. 20.5cm. Publisher's gray spine over off-white speckled paper covered boards, titled in silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 268pp. Very light wear and scuffing to extremities, internally clean, a very good clean copy indeed, with some very light soiling to the dustjacket. Signed by both authors to the title page.
A professional and compelling re-evaluation of Riis's importance not just as a photographer and chronicler of New York's poor and lost, but as a social reformer, and campaigner for better housing and circumstances for the subjects of his gritty and moving photographs.
A professional and compelling re-evaluation of Riis's importance not just as a photographer and chronicler of New York's poor and lost, but as a social reformer, and campaigner for better housing and circumstances for the subjects of his gritty and moving photographs.