Keywords
Andreas Feininger, Bauhaus, New Vision, World War II, propaganda, New Deal photography, Office of War Information, industrial photography
Abstract
In 1942 photographer Andreas Feininger travelled across the United States documenting war industries for the Office of War Information, a New Deal agency. In the midst of world war, Feininger’s straightforward photographs of plane production, copper mining, and other key industries were carefully crafted propaganda designed to combat German rhetoric and bolster public support and confidence in the war effort. Feininger’s style, an admixture of modernist ideas and social detachment, found resonance within US ideological efforts that stressed data and facts, and became known as the ‘Strategy of Truth’.
Original Publication Citation
“A Strategy of Truth: Andreas Feininger and the Creation of Propaganda for the Office of War Information (OWI), 1942,” History of Photography 43, no. 1 (2019): 84-109.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Swensen, James, "A Strategy of Truth: Andreas Feininger and the Creation of Propaganda for the Office of War Information, 1942" (2019). Faculty Publications. 9561.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9561
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2019
Publisher
History of Photography
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
Art History
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