[New York: A Documentary- Ep. 3: Sunshine and Shadow; Ric Burns, 1999]
"The belief that every man's experience ought to be worth something to the community from which he drew it...made me begin this book." This invention led to How the Other Half Lives (1890), a "[photographic] landmark- the first account of social conditions to be documented with action pictures." [Alexander Alland]
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The power and blatant truth of Riis' tenement photographs "were so mov[ing]...that [Scribners magazine editor] asked Riis to submit an article with pictures [in 1889]." [Alexander Alland]
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