The Amazing Journey of Jakob A. Riis

The legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis was one of the 19th century's most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography. Tormented by unrequited love, Jacob Ri... Read allThe legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis was one of the 19th century's most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography. Tormented by unrequited love, Jacob Riis emigrated from Denmark to the United States in 1870 and ended up as the very definition... Read allThe legendary Danish-American Jacob A. Riis was one of the 19th century's most innovative journalists and the father of modern documentary photography. Tormented by unrequited love, Jacob Riis emigrated from Denmark to the United States in 1870 and ended up as the very definition of the American dream. His good friend and President at the time, Theodore Roosevelt, cal... Read all