Lap 5 Blog 2: Describe/comment on a Jacob Riis photo.

This is one of Jacob Riis photo selections. This pictures title is "Under the dump, Rivington Street, about 1890". In my opinion, this photo shows the life style and living in the 1890s. People didn't have much to give just because of the poor community and life that everyone lived in. Most of the time one person can not afford their own roof to live under so they connect with about 4-5 people to purchase one small room to live in. This led to unsanitary circumstances, where people will get dead sick and have no privacy to recover only because if they get someone else under your roof sick and you recover they'll just get you sick again. Guaranteed i think nothing in this room was comfortable from the beds to being crammed in the room with multiple amounts of people. I thought the picture was just taken at an older time and that's why the color is like that, but i don't think that's the age of the photos fault. I think that's what the room really looked like back then. Dirty!!! If i would have to live in that place i would probably just kill my self with no choice because if i didn't kill myself, i will surely die regardless from the sickness or even starvation.