riis' photography: connecting the past to the present
DESCRIPTION
The slideshow connects the photography of Jacob A. Riis to the present day through contemporary artists. The photographers in this series has one ideal in common: They used their photography to spread social awareness for a current cause or issue, and shed light on the culture that the people lived in- whether it was the tenement housing, a crack den, or a circus side show.TRANSCRIPT
Jacob August Riis
Diane Arbus
Nan Goldin
Larry Clark