Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Jacob Riis

Home is where the heart is, in this case there must be three hearts lying in the street. These young boys were photographed sleeping in the street near and atop a barrel next to a flight of stairs. Life is probably hard for these three boys. Who knows what they have to do to live, perhaps they work in factories along their families who they hardly ever see.
How sweet a sight this picture is! Is there anything cuter than one sibling caring for another? Well, in this case, the sweetness has gone bitter. Notice the dresser and barrel found in this alley, is this their home? Well, not everyone in this period lived in the typical 2 story living-room-and-all sort of house. Some people ended up having to live on the streets and working at factories just to make ends meet.




http://amyvermillion.com/blog/page/2/
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oee/fasi/riissequence.html

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