Riis
Americannoun
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Riis exposed Lower East Side slum conditions in tenement photographs that would form the basis for his renowned book, “How the Other Half Lives.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
Emil Riis has been withdrawn by Ryan Lowe, with top-scorer Will Keane coming on to replace him.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
"The finding is surprising and raises several important questions within this area of research," says Associate Professor Jesper Riis Christiansen of the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
Somewhere between Jacob Riis and Charlie Chaplin, Murillo offers a knowing but escapist prance through need.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Jacob Riis, the New York journalist who had devoted himself to revealing the squalid housing of America’s poor, came to Chicago bearing counsel of a graver sort.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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