You’re able to take life as it comes when you’re bound to a core belief that things are going to turn out all right Life chronicled the lives of presidents, and also followed a country doctor on his rounds. That included the dress shopping, the cake selection, the addressing of the invitations, and more. During the heyday of life magazine’s original run racing was pretty much the top sport on the continent, and in 1953 the magazine sent staff photographer frank scherschel to cover one of its marquee races, 24 hours of le mans. 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 and online:
The crops being harvested in these photos include corn, wheat, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, celery, grapes, peaches, squash and watermelon. 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 spirit.” the line came from a review of camus’ book “lyrical and critical essays.” At its height, life magazine’s incomparable images and essays reached 1 of 3 american readers The original prints, negatives, and associated manuscripts remain in dotdash meredith’s life picture collection, an unprecedented cultural asset with millions of untold stories and unseen images. The breadth of the ge operations underlines the great variety of activity that legendary life photographer alfred eisenstaedt documented when he gained access to the general electric operations back in 1937.
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