LENSCRATCH » Jacob A. Riis http://lenscratch.com Fine Art Photography Daily Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half http://lenscratch.com/2015/12/jacob-a-riis-revealing-new-yorks-other-half/ http://lenscratch.com/2015/12/jacob-a-riis-revealing-new-yorks-other-half/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2015 11:00:19 +0000 http://lenscratch.com/?p=76140

This photograph was taken blocks away from where my daughter lives on the Lower East side. The mental juxtaposition of New York tenement life at the turn of the century and the gallery, shopping, and foodie scene of that neighborhood today is a bit staggering. But photographer Jacob A. Riis put our immigrant legacy into

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