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"Social Realism" Photography |
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Using these Web sites, research the issues that photographer Jacob Riis and other artists in the "social realism" school illustrated in their work. Then create an annotated photo essay in which you dramatize social issues within your own community or school. Include captions that tell about the social problem dramatized in your photographs and explain how the photograph illustrates your point. |
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Read More About It |
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Jacob Riis- all text
Read about Jacob Riis, a photographic pioneer whose images inspired people to take action against the living conditions of the time.
Courtesy of Robert Leggat |
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Jacob Riis Photographs
Follow this link to view photographs of Jacob Riis from How the Other Half Lives.
Web site by: University of Wisconsin |
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Margaret Bourke-White
Margaret Bourke-White used photographs to tell people's stories in her books and also in magazine articles.
Web site by: The University of Virginia |
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Walker Evans
This Web site describes how Walker Evans who used his photography in the cause of social reform.
Web site by: The Library of Congress |
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Basics of Photography
Do you know shutter speed from film speed? Learn the basics of photography to improve your pictures.
Web site by: Robert Slade |
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