Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography. Signed Copy Robert Doty's Photo-Secession functions as

Robert Doty's Photo-Secession functions as a vital scholarly record of the exact moment photography bridged the gap between mechanical recording and high art

fine-art abstraction

and general views

and often confrontational tableaus in front of his lens

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Riis, Jacob. The Making of an American by Jacob Riis. Autobiography. Signed Copy Robert Doty's Photo-Secession functions asMacmillan, March 1902, 5th printing [first issued in November 1901]. [Autobiography of one of the pioneers of social documentary photography. Includes images from Riis' earlier book, How the Other Half Lives.] Summary: The Making of an American (1901) is the autobiography of Jacob Riis, the pioneering muckraking journalist and social reformer best known for his groundbreaking photographic expose of New York City tenements, How the Other Half Lives.