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1. Jacob A Riis - Police Lodging Room, Church Street Station, 1895

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Colin Ford explores how five groundbreaking photographs changed the world: Riis’s pictures of New York slums. From 1999.

Colin Ford tells the stories behind five groundbreaking photographs and how they changed the world.

The Police Lodging Room, Church Street Station was captured on film by Jacob A Riis in 1895.

Riis's photographs of the New York slum had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society.

Producer: Hilary Dunn

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

15 minutes

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Mon 2 Dec 202409:30
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