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Youth in Focus Opens National Photo Contest for Students
Youth in Focus invites college students under 26 to enter a photo contest with 500 dollar top prize and 281 cash awards. Sponsored by Dr. Mary E. Woolley and Dr. Frank P. Graham, the program includes a traveling exhibit, a weekly page in Friday Magazine, and a prize book of winning pictures. Judges include Margaret Bourke-White and Garson Kanin, with contest closing November 30, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth In Focus
Mary E. Woolley
Mt. Holyoke College
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Margaret Bourke-White
P.M
Life Magazine
Daniel S. Gillmor
Friday
Joris Ivens
Association of Documentary
Garson Kanin
RKO Pictures
Rockwell Kent
United American Artists
Roy E. Stryker
Farm Security Administration