Introduction: a preliminary treatise or course of study

For my social studies class, I was given a choice of what I could do for my project on Chapter 19 of my textbook, which focuses on the downside of industrialization, progressivists, and the groups of people, like women, African Americans, Mexicans, and Asians, who gained their inalienable rights during this time period. So for this project I will be analyzing the photography of Jacob Riis and Sabastiao Salgado, both of whom are the photographers of let's call it the dark side. They took pictures of those who struggled, those who had to fight in order to make ends meet. They didn't take pictures of the luxuries that we so often take advantage of, instead they photographed the uncomfortable truths that we try to hide in the back of our heads. They shine a light on reality, and I'll be analyzing that light.