- What 20th Century Life Was Like - LIFE
See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades
- 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 Plains, Georgia, on December 29, 2024, he was 100, and many people who as 18-year-olds had voted for or against him in the 1970s were contemplating
- The 100 Most Important Photos Ever - LIFE
Here are a few selections from LIFE’s new special issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures Ever and the Stories Behind Them (clockwise from top left) Joe Rosenthal AP Shutterstock; Robert Beck Sports Illustrated Getty; Library of Congress, Prints Photographs Division, FSA OWI Collection, [LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516]; NASA
- Amazing Destinations of the World - LIFE
Explore the world one picture at a time with these beautiful and inspiring pictures from across the globe - near and far, popular and unknown
- Every Loving Detail: Inside a Lavish Kansas City Wedding, 1947 - LIFE
LIFE decided to pay tribute to “this burgeoning romanticism” by dispatching staff photographer NIna Leen to document a particularly lavish wedding, with a focus on all the preparations leading up to it, for a nine-page story headlined “ June Wedding: Kansas City Girl Marries With All the Fixings ”
- 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 dippers by the shore and captured an outdoor art class drawing a nude model
- Icons of the 20th Century - LIFE
See photographs and read stories about global icons - the actors, athletes, politicians, and community members that make our world come to life
- Pope Leo XIV: Celebrating The First American Pope - LIFE
The world is watching to see where Leo takes the See of Rome and the millions who look to it for guidance and, ultimately, salvation Here are a selection of photos from LIFE’s new special issue to Pope Leo XIV
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