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This paper aims to reflect upon the work of the Brazilian poet Cecília Meireles and the North-American photographer Genevieve Naylor during the II World War. Both women experienced the international conflict, but they have also experienced other wars during the first years of the 1940s: the daily war of social hierarchies; racism. The photographer and the poet were part of the program known as "The Good Neighbor Policy". Meireles used to work as the editor of the journal Travel in Brazil for the DIP, an organ of Vargas's government. In 1941 she traveled to the United States to conduct lectures about popular culture. Meireles has also presented aspects of the Afro-Brazilian culture on poems and other texts. Genevieve came to Brazil in 1940 and stayed here until 1942. Her photos show images related to the popular culture - especially Afro-Brazilian - and to the daily life. Both artists amplify the images of Brazil during the middle of the XX century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]