Jacob Riis grew up in a family of fifteen in Denmark. He was a Danish-American reformer that practiced journalism and photography. Riis had goals of becoming a carpenter. His father did not approve of his dream. He wanted Jacob to pursue a literary career. Trying to become a carpenter and going to carpentry school was expensive. When Riis used all of his money, he decided to fight in the German-France war. His position in the war brought him to his interest in journalism and that later led him to photography. He began by sketching and moved to photograph plates and eventually flash photography.
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