exploration in the liberal studies LBS498

There have been other studies of the lives of the poor before Agee and Evans published

Let

Us

Now

Praise

Famous

Me

n

in 1939. Most notably, Jacob Riis published

How

the

Other

Half

Lives:

Studies

Among

the

Tenements

of

New

Yor

k

in 1890, a piece of photojournalism chronicling the poor living in New York

City slums.

You

Have

Seen

their

Faces,

published in 1937 by Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke

-

White, was anothe

r notable documentary text combining photography and writing, published closer

to

Let

Us

Now

Praise

Famous

Me

n

.

Briefly research one of these works and what you have discovered

the work was trying to accomplish. What was the work’s critical reception when

published?

Include in

your response your reaction to the photographs found in the works.

Discussion should

be approximately 70

-

90 words

There have been other studies of the lives of the poor before Agee and Evans published Let Us Now

Praise Famous Men in 1939. Most notably, Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among

the Tenements of New York in 1890, a piece of photojournalism chronicling the poor living in New York

City slums. You Have Seen their Faces, published in 1937 by Erskine Caldwell and Margaret Bourke-

White, was another notable documentary text combining photography and writing, published closer

to Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Briefly research one of these works and what you have discovered

the work was trying to accomplish. What was the work’s critical reception when published? Include in

your response your reaction to the photographs found in the works.

Discussion should be approximately 70-90 words