{"id":4459,"date":"2015-10-27T13:36:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/185.123.98.6\/~booyorkc\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T12:38:01","slug":"other-half-jacob-riis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booyorkcity.com\/other-half-jacob-riis\/","title":{"rendered":"The other half of Jacob Riis"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pioneering photojournalist Jacob Riis shocked New York society\u00a0by shooting the squalid lives of the poor – and a new exhibition shows that his work is still highly relevant.<\/p>\n
In 1890, Riis wrote the best-selling book, How the Other Half Lives<\/em><\/a>, illustrated with upsetting photos showing orphans sleeping on the street, opium dens, and wretched tenement slums in the Lower East Side.<\/p>\n