Quote by: Jacob Riis

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.


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  • NameJacob Riis
  • Descriptionbiography, a Danish American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer, who is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City
  • BornMay 3, 1849
  • DiedMay 26, 1914
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhotographer; Writer; Journalist; Photojournalist