The slum is the measure of civilization.
About Jacob Riis
Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, “muck-raking” journalist, and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in the United States of America at the turn of the twentieth century.
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When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Jacob Riis
American photographer, journalist and activist (1849-1914)
The slum is the measure of civilization.
Jacob Riis
American photographer, journalist and activist (1849-1914)
Some defeats are only installments to victory.
Jacob Riis
American photographer, journalist and activist (1849-1914)