Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1601-1681 Related Paintings of CAGNACCI, Guido :. | Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity | Kaiser Leopold | Susanna vecchioni | Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity after 1660 | Hl. Hieronymus | Related Artists: William Heysham Overend 1851-1898 CAPELLE, Jan van de Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1624-1679 Riis Jacob August Danish-American journalist and social reformer.
b.1849 d.1914
American photographer of Danish birth. The son of a school-teacher and editor, he was well-educated when he came to the USA in 1870. He was a self-taught photographer and worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a journalist, and he understood the power of the written and illustrated word. Riis's work in journalism began in 1873 when he was employed by the New York News Association. By 1874 he was editor and then owner of the South Brooklyn News.