The 100 Most Important Photos Ever - LIFE
The following is adapted from the introduction to LIFE’s newcspecial issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures of All Time and the Stories Behind Them, available at newsstands …
The Bohemian Life in Big Sur, 1959
LIFE’s story is richly illustrated with photos by J.R. Eyerman, and to today’s viewer it can be remarkable how stately most the images are. Sure, Eyerman photographed a few skinny …
Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life
The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands. When James Earl Carter died at his home in …
Michael Jordan: The One and Only - LIFE
The following is excerpted from LIFE’s new special issue Michael Jordan: The Greatest of All Time, available at newsstands and here online. When it dropped in the mid-’90s, the 30 …
Gay Rights: Photos From the Early 'Gay Liberation' Movement, …
With news of the Supreme Court's decision in favor of same-sex marriage, LIFE presents photos of the early days of the gay rights movement.
Journey to a Vanished Fisherman’s Paradise - LIFE
LIFE magazine was fortunate enough to visit Cabo Blanco in 1959, when the club was still in its heyday. Staff photographer Frank Schershel captured the fisherman out at sea and along the …
1960s Photo Archives - LIFE
Explore 1960s within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.
Albert Camus: Intellectual Titan - LIFE
In 1968 LIFE magazine summed up the appeal of French philosopher and author Albert Camus with a single sentence: “Camus looked directly into the darkness as saw sun—the human …
World War II Photo Archives - LIFE
Explore World War II within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.
Jane Greer: The Actress Whose Career Howard Hughes Tried to …
The actress, born Bettyjane Greer, had actually been in LIFE magazine twice before that ’47 cover. In 1942 she appeared, unnamed, as one of three women modeling the uniforms of the …