A crown jewel of motorsports arts & entertainment the smurfs The joy of being blue arts & entertainment david bowie Here, life.com presents pictures made in the nevada desert by photographer loomis dean shortly after a 1955 atomic bomb test These are not “political” pictures. In 1937, about ten years after talking movies had ended the era of silent film, life magazine—then in its second year of existence—decided to shine a spotlight on the people who were putting the words in the mouths of movie actors. All 800 paratroopers landed safely (including kuhl, who snapped a photo on the way down for life), despite encountering some initial sniper fire
But the mission itself was an anticlimax. 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 shore. In life’s coverage of the event the magazine actually used a different photo, taken from a wider angle That shot is majestic in its own right, giving more emphasis to the utah landscape and also the black line that had been painted on the ground for free to use as a guide. The following is from the introduction to life’s special tribute issue, jimmy carter
Experience life's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world. Life chronicled the lives of presidents, and also followed a country doctor on his rounds. 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 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 following is adapted from the introduction to life’s newcspecial issue 100 photographs
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