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Danish American, 19th–20th centuries, male.
Born 1849, in Ribe, Denmark; died 26 May 1914, in Barre, Massachusetts.
Photographer and journalist. Photojournalism and social photography.
Jacob Riis was a social progressive who discovered the power of photography in shaping public opinion. As a youth in Denmark, he assisted his father with work on a local newspaper. Riis came to America in 1870, working various jobs before becoming
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