The twentieth century in the lens of the famous writer Jack London

Most people when you mention the name Jack London remembers that he was a popular American writer, author of about 50 books, including a favorite since childhood "call of the wild" and "White Fang". Others might remember that he was a traveler, and public figure.

However, hardly anyone knows that Jack London was still very productive photographer. Over a lifetime he has made about 12 thousand photos: piping frames the life of the homeless in the East end (East London), the images of the Russo-Japanese war, where he was on assignment for the Hearst Syndicate, portraits of the natives of the Islands of the South Pacific and the images of destruction after the terrible earthquake in San Francisco.

In his works Jack London showed the power of perception and bared his sense of compassion, respect and love for man. Until 2010, most of the photos of the writer remained unpublished until it was published photo book with 200 staff. Its authors are the Genie Campbell of rizman (Jeanne Campbell Reesman), Sara es. Hodson (Sara S. Hodson) Phillip Adam (Philip Adam).

Jack London lived in the era when photography first began to be used as a new way to report the news. Penetrating gaze London recorded historical moments in the faces and bodies of the people who lived at the time.

Residents of the infamous Whitechapel quarter, where there were murders attributed to Jack the Ripper.

The men sleep on the Thames, London, 1902.

Homeless woman sleeping in the garden, Spitalfields, London, 1902.

In London on Sunday morning men who have received tickets, lined up at the free Breakfast from the charitable organization "the salvation Army", 1902.

A police officer checks a sleeping man at the newspaper Truth, London, 1902.

Jack London delayed the Japanese military in Korea, 1904.

Assessment of the damage in Santa Rosa after the earthquake, California, 1906.

Destroyed by the earthquake of Kearny street, San Francisco, 1906.

After the earthquake, San Francisco 1906.

San Francisco, 1906.

The natives of Nuku Hiva, the largest island in the archipelago of the Marquesas Islands, 1907.

A small family of Korean refugees hiding from the Japanese army, Korea, 1904.

The passengers of the ship S. S. Siberia sail to Japan. 1904.

American traveler and filmmaker Martin Johnson posing with a resident of the Solomon Islands. Johnson was part of the crew "of the Snark" (the ship of Jack London, in which he traveled to the South Pacific ocean). Guadalcanal, 1908.