The Brazilian Photographs of Genevieve Naylor, 1940-1942In the early 1940s as the conflict between the Axis and the Allies spread worldwide, the U. S. State Department turned its attention to Axis influence in Latin America. As head of the Office of Inter American Affairs, Nelson Rockefeller was charged with cultivating the regions support for the Allies while portraying Brazil and its neighbors as dependable wartime partners. Genevieve Naylor, a photojournalist previously employed by the Associated Press