Life Magazine Digital Archive - The New York Public Library
WEBDates of Coverage: Format: Web. Language: English. Life Magazine is a photographic magazine chronicling the 20th Century. Browse all issues of Life Magazine in full color and search the full text through Google Books.
The Photography of Margaret Bourke-White - LIFE
WEBThe first LIFE magazine cover, published November 23, 1936. Featuring Ft. Peck Dam in Montana. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE Picture Collection © Meredith Corporation) She was America’s first accredited woman photographer in WWII, and the first authorized to fly on a combat mission.
About LIFE's World Class Photo Archive - LIFE
WEBThe LIFE Picture Collection is the visual chronicle of the 20 th century and one of the most important photographic archives in the United States. From 1936 to 2000, LIFE commissioned more than 10 million photographs across 120,000 stories.
LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography
WEBOct 9, 2022 · Drawing on unprecedented access to Life magazine’s picture and paper archives as well as photographers’ archives, the exhibition brings together more than 180 objects, including vintage photographs, contact sheets, assignment outlines, internal memos, and layout experiments.
From the Archives: Stories From Life Magazine's Greatest
WEBSep 1, 2023 · A number of prominent photographers were interviewed for this fascinating look back at the iconic publication, including Nina Leen, who was one of the first female photographers for Life, and...
Life magazine: The photos that defined the US - BBC
WEBMar 11, 2020 · Between 1936 and 1972, Life magazine published images that helped to mythologise the US. A new book looks at iconic pictures that shaped how we view a nation, writes Aida Amoako.
True to Life: Life Magazine's Coverage of African Americans, 1936–40
WEBAs in Life's coverage of blacks below the poverty level, the magazine's approach to African-American voters remained distant from its subjects, the weekly's use of dialect in transcribing people's remarks and its use of small photographs further isolating them from its white readers.
'Life' Photographer Showed Africa Through A New Lens
WEBFeb 10, 2014 · This Shilluk woman appeared on the cover of Life magazine, The Nile issue, Nov. 20, 1950. Her pendants feature etchings of Sudanese village life.
LIFE.com: 37 Pictures From 37 Years of LIFE Magazine, 1936-1972
WEBNov 20, 2014 · A selection of photos from LIFE magazine's storied archives: a photo a year from four decades of unparalleled excellence
At 75, 'Life' Revisits Its First Cover Story : The Picture Show - NPR
WEBNov 4, 2011 · The very first issue of Life, reprinted in its entirety in the book, told readers about the black widow spider, the actress Helen Hayes and the new actor Robert Taylor. But the cover story is...
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