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akiselev on March 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Baldwin Lee on his rediscovered images of the deep...

> I am sure there were US equivalents documenting the condition of housing in Chicago, New York and surrounds.

A famous example is photography of the Five Points slums in New York [1] that led to significant changes in the city.

[1] https://allthatsinteresting.com/jacob-riis-photographs-how-t...

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