Date of Award
Spring 5-18-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Second Advisor
Nebahat Avcioglu
Academic Program Adviser
Nebahat Avciolglu
Abstract
The left-liberal NYC newspaper, PM, used photography with unprecedented transparency as a crucial element in its mission to inform ordinary working people, teach them to be literate about the photographic message, and encourage them to be a participating audience during the tense period just before World War II.
Recommended Citation
Wechter, Nancy, "Photographing the "Uncelebrated" Truth: The Newspaper PM, New York 1940-1942" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/70
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