Jacob+Riis+2



Kids are free to play by garbage bins and a mattress not fit for dogs which is laying in the streets. The rough conditions they are living in. There are horses walking in streets which could mean diseases and sickness going around. Dogs could be possibly are probably running rampant in the streets. Could have rabis and could infect and give out diseases. The apartments look very squished and very unclean. Garbage is also rolling in the streets like tumbleweeds. Kids could be possibly exposed to crime and diseases. The kids are wearing fairly decent overalls and they look happy but they are not aware of the living conditions they are living in.

These workers are taking the very short lunch break that they got that day. They are hundreds and hundreds of feet above ground. They have been slaving away to build the highest tower in the city. They are balanced on a steel beam that we are guessing to be about a foot and a half wide. One man’s cigarette smoke is hazing up the sky. A few men are comparing what they have brought for lunch that day. None of them are thinking of the fact that they are not securely held up there and if the wind picks up they could all be blown to the ground. These three kids are sleeping on stairs with no parents and nowhere to go. They are very exhausted, and need a home to sleep and stay warm. Without any parents to care for them, they have no food to put in their stomachs. It is pure misery on their soul and spirit being so young. As you can see, there is rubbish by their feet, just imagine your kids sleeping in the cold on garbage.

In this picture you notice that there’s a boy and a baby. This boy seems to be taking care of the baby with no home, or parents. We thought that this picture was a little depressing. The reason we thought this is because there are no other people it’s just the boy and the baby, it seems like they are ‘homeless’. The background looks like an un-sterile place, the floors aren’t clean and the walls are made of cement and so on. The little boy looks scared and the baby doesn’t have any idea what’s going on because she’s too young to understand their situation.