Visual Culture and Health Posters

Title:: Let the World Breathe

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Description:

This image, featuring two children playing in a stream, employs a common motif in public health posters--the photographs of children are used to evoke a feeling of responsibility or accountability in the viewer. The specific message is only conveyed clearly with the combination of image and text. The viewer is encouraged to read the poster in order to discover its meaning. Even the headline--"Let the world breathe"--is too general to communicate the central piece of advice: "Use chemicals with care to keep air fresh and water pure." The poster encourages behavior modification by emphasizing the consequences of complacency, not for the viewer alone but for innocent children as well.

NOTE: Slide of original poster image is slightly blurry.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (787,631 Bytes)

Date Supplied:

ca. 1984

Creator:

World Health Organization

Source:

Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.

This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).

URL: http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

IHM Order Number: A028092

Publisher:

World Health Organization

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the World Health Organization.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Environmental Pollution; Public Health

Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:: Chemical Exposure

Exhibit Category:

Environmental Health

Relation:

Children at Risk! [1984]

Acceptable Daily Intake! [ca. 1984]

Unique Identifier:

VCBBDF

Document Type:

Posters

Slides (photographs)

Language:

English

Format:

image/jpeg

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2004-08-13

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