16+ Jacob Riis The Other Half Pictures. Unable to find a steady job, he worked as a riis's 1890 treatise of social criticism how the other half lives was written in the belief that every man's experience ought to be worth something. Riis delivered his first lecture, how the other half lives and dies in new york, on january 25, 1888, at the society of amateur photographers of.
The photos shocked americans and inspired social reform.
The photos shocked americans and inspired social reform. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat. Visitors can also see and listen to a reconstruction of one of his lectures. Using his own photos as well as photos gathered from other photographers, riis began to give lectures titled, the other half: