True Comics: "Photo Fighter" (1944)
Thérèse Bonney, American photographer, made photo-journalist "truth raids" into WWII Europe
After her decade-and-a-half activities in publicity and the photography of the decorative arts and architecture by others, Bonney took up photography herself and became a photojournalist. Her concerns with the ravages caused by World War II informed her images, which focused on civilians. Her early photographs focused at first on the individuals at the Russian-Finnish front. For her documentation of this demographic, she was granted the Order of the White Rose of Finland medal for bravery. She also traveled through western Europe during the war, taking photographs of children in dire conditions. A collection of the images were shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1940 and later published in her 1943 book Europe's Children. Other activities included serving with the Croix-rouge (French International Red Cross).
Thérèse Bonney (born Mabel Bonney, Syracuse, New York, July 15, 1894 - Paris, France, January 15, 1978) was an American photographer and publicist. Bonney was best known for her images taken during World War II on the Russian-Finnish front. Her war effort earned her the decoration of the Croix de guerre in May 1941, and one of the five degrees the Légion d’honneur. She published several photo-essays, and was the subject of the 1944 True Comics issue "Photo-fighter.” Wikipedia
Title: True comics Photo-fighter.
Date Created/Published: Chicago, Ill. : Parents' Institute, c1944.
Medium: 3 photomechanical prints (3 pages) : halftone, color.
Summary: Three page comic strip about Thérèse Bonney as a photojournalist in Europe during the Second World War.
Library of Congress: LC-USZC4-9007