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Yes he did. He married his childhood sweetheart in 1876, and they raised a family. But, she died in 1905. However, 2 years later he remarried to his young secretary.

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The photographs of Jacob Riis are most closely associated with the?

living conditions of the urban poor


Who is known for taking pictures of poor people in New York City and writing about their lives?

Jacob Riis . ~ See , below , the related link .


What social issue did Jacob Riis' photographs bring attention to?

Jacob Riis belonged to a group of journalists and photographers who, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, sought to draw attention to the plight of the impoverished in American cities. Working primarily in New York, Jacob revealed through his photographs the desperate existence endured by poor Americans and recent immigrants. His work brought the realities of child labor, unsafe working conditions, inadequate housing, and economic exploitation to a wider public who increasingly called for greater reforms to labor laws, housing codes, and workplace safety regulations.


How does Lewis Hines and Jacob Riis work different from August Sander?

Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis focused on social reform through documentary photography, highlighting the plight of immigrants and laborers to advocate for better living conditions and child labor laws. Their work often aimed to evoke empathy and drive social change. In contrast, August Sander's approach was more varied, emphasizing a systematic study of German society through portraiture, often categorizing individuals based on their professions and social classes. While Riis and Hine were activists using photography for social justice, Sander's work was more about documentation and artistic representation of the human condition.


Did Jacob Lawrence have any children before he died?

Jacob Lawrence was an American painter, he called his style "dynamic cubism" and was famous for portraying African-American motives. He married the also painter Gwendolyn Knight in 1941, but they didn't have kids.