Jacob Riis

♂ *1849-1914 / Denmark / USA

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Other Half – The Activist Photography of Jacob Riis

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
16 Feb 2018 – 15 Apr 2018
Revealing New York's Other Half

Museum of the City of NY, New York (US)
14 Oct 2015 – 20 Mar 2016
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National Collection Photo, København (DK)
24 Oct 2008 – 24 Jan 2009

Group

The Lower East Side

Selections from the ICP Collection

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
25 Jan 2020 – 18 May 2020

with Ilse Bing, Lisette Model, Hansel Mieth, Weegee, Dan Weiner, Bill Witt
Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children

Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya (JP)
8 Nov 2014 – 23 Dec 2014

with Christian Boltanski, Rineke Dijkstra, Lewis Hine, In Sook Kim, Akino Kondoh, Yoshitomo Nara, Fiona Tan, Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler, Santeri Tuori, Won Seoung Won, O Zhang
Go-Betweens: The World Seen through Children

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
31 May 2014 – 31 Aug 2014

with Christian Boltanski, Rineke Dijkstra, Lewis Hine, In Sook Kim, Akino Kondoh, Yoshitomo Nara, Fiona Tan, Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler, Santeri Tuori, Won Seoung Won, O Zhang
Howard Greenberg - Collection

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
21 Sep 2012 – 6 Jan 2013

with Berenice Abbott, Robert Adams, Eddie Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Arthur Ann Segan, Diane Arbus, Lillian Bassman, Werner Bischof, Margaret Bourke-White, Bill Brandt, Claude Cahun, Harry Callahan …
Photography Rotation 8

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
13 May 2011 – 12 Mar 2012

with Berenice Abbott, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Robert Adamson, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Emmy Andriesse, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Dimitry Baltermants, Lewis Baltz …
THE TELLING IMAGE - PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION!

Preus Museum, Horten (NO)
19 Jun 2011 – 15 Jan 2012

with Dag Alveng, Ann Christine Eek, Rune Eraker, Lewis Hine, Elisabeth Meyer, Milton Rogovin, Sebastiao Salgado, W. Eugene Smith, Lars Tunbjoerk, Dan Young
This Is Not a Fashion Photograph

International Center of Photography - Year of Fashion

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
16 Jan 2009 – 3 May 2009

with Berenice Abbott, Shelby Lee Adams, Sid Avery, Tina Barney, Ernest James Bellocq, Ilse Bing, Harry Callahan, Robert Capa, Larry Clark, Mark Cohen, Bruce Davidson, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer) …
Highlights - Collection du musée national de la photographie de Copenhague

Maison du Danemark, Paris (FR)
27 Oct 2006 – 3 Dec 2006

with Cecil Beaton, Julia Margaret Cameron, Krass Clement, Maxime du Camp, Olafur Eliasson, William Henry Fox Talbot, Paul Graham, Per Bak Jensen, William Klein, Kirsten Klein, Joachim Koester, Man Ray …
Short Stories

National Collection Photo, København (DK)
7 Apr 2006 – 19 Aug 2006

with Cecil Beaton, Walker Evans, Sylvie Fleury, Felix Nadar, Thomas Ruff, Edward Steichen, Christer Stroemholm
Profiling America

Forum für Fotografie, Köln (DE)
4 Sep 2005 – 23 Oct 2005

with Margaret Bourke-White, Mathew B. Brady, Walker Evans, Alexander Gardner, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Ben Shahn, W. Eugene Smith
Al gust de Cartier-Bresson

CaixaForum, Barcelona (ES)
19 Sep 2003 – 31 Jan 2004

with Rene Burri, Walker Evans, Josef Koudelka, Helen Levitt, Sebastiao Salgado
MoMA2000, ModernStarts

People: Composing with the Figure

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 Oct 1999 – 1 Feb 2000

with Robert Adamson, Eugene Atget, Ernest James Bellocq, Constantin Brancusi, Julia Margaret Cameron, Georges Demeny, Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Wiliam England, Roger Fenton, Arnold Genthe, David Octavius Hill, Lewis Hine …

Events

New York: Licht und Schatten

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
11 Sep 2011