A Strategy of Truth
Andreas Feininger and the Creation of Propaganda for the Office of War Information, 1942
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14694058 |
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| Authors | James R Swensen (0000-0003-4808-4744, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny nr 4 w Bytomiu, corresponding author), James Swensen |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-109 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Photography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-7298 • E-ISSN: 2150-7295 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03087298.2019.1575050 |
| OpenAlex | W2945123615 |
| Language | EN |
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’
Archaeology · Art · Art history · First world war · German · Humanities · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Visual arts · World War II · History · Law · Philosophy · Photography and Visual Culture · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Highly cited | No |
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