Chronicles the life and career of newspaper photographer Jacob Riis, who was determined to change the fate of those living in the tenement houses of New York.
In 1889 New York, fourteen-year-old Italian immigrant Tony Petrosino, struggling with street gangs and torn between his family's Old World ways and his desire to further his education, gets help from a new friend, photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis.
Presents a brief biography of reporter Jacob Riis, providing information on his early life, his education, and his career as a reporter, photographer, and social reformer.
