Jacob is known for being a "muckraking" journalist and for being a social documentary photographer. He is known for using his skills to help the impoverished in NYC. He discovered the use of flash in photography. Pistol lamps were becoming too dangerous, and so so Riis created the method of lighting magnesium powder of a frying pan. Because of the use of the flash, Riis was able to photograph New York at night or photograph dark places. He documented the hardships that the poor and criminal faced especially in Mulberry Street.
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