Photos of LIFE magazine that have gone down in history. Legendary photos of LIFE magazine The last cover of life

On November 23, 1936, the first issue of Life magazine (LIFE) was published, which over the next 30 years became a symbol of photojournalism. We offer a selection of the most striking photographs featured on the cover of the magazine.

Goin 'Home. Photo by Ed Clark, 1945.

Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays Goin 'Home at President Roosevelt's funeral on April 12, 1945.

American way of life (The American Way). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1937.

Food queue outside the Red Cross during the Great Depression in front of the poster "There is no other way of life like the American."

Marlene Dietrich. Photo by Milton Greene, 1952.

The Longest Day. Photo by Robert Capa, 1944.

The moment of the landing of the American army at Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944, also depicted in the film "Saving Private Ryan" by Steven Spielberg.

Eyes of Hate. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.

It captures the moment when Goebbels (sitting) learned that his translator was a Jew, and a friendly smile left his face.

Meeting peace With fire hoses. Photo by Charles Moore, 1963.

Dispersal of a peaceful anti-segregation rally in Birmingham, Alabama with fire hoses.

The Marlboro Man. Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1949.

39-year-old Texas cowboy Clarence Haley, whose image was later used to advertise cigarettes.

Peek-A-Boo. Photo by Ed Clark, 1958.

John F. Kennedy with his daughter Caroline, one of the legendary photographs of LIFE magazine.

Sand of Iwo Jima. Photo by Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1945.

American Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the spring of 1945.

Liberation of Buchenwald Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1945.

The Great Soul. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.

Mahatma Gandhi next to his spinning wheel - a symbol of the non-violent movement for Indian independence from Britain.

A Child Is Born. Photo by Lennart Nilsson, 1965.

In the womb.

Riders of freedom (Freedom Riders). Photo by Paul Schutzer, 1961.

Freedom Riders are a joint bus ride of black and white activists protesting against black rights violations in the southern states of the United States. In 1961, they rented buses and toured the southern states, opposing segregation laws and customs, being attacked by southern whites and arrested. National Guard soldiers were assigned to protect activists during a trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.

Agony: Photo by Ralph Morse, 1944.

Army medic George Lott, badly wounded in both arms.

Sea of ​​Hats. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1930.

In New York City.

Reaching Out: Photo by Larry Burrows, 1966.

Marines during the war. A black soldier reaches out to his wounded white comrade.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn Breathes Free. Photo by Harry Benson.

"Free breathing". Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Vermont.

Jumping Royals. Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1959.

Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

Center of Attention. Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1956.

Face of Death. Photo by Ralph Morse, 1943.

The head of a Japanese soldier on a tank.

Picasso and Centaur. Photo by Gjon Mili, 1949.

Ephemeral drawing of the air.

Winston Churchill. Photo by Yousuf Karsh, 1941.

Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. Politician, military man, journalist, writer, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

A drummer from the University of Michigan marches with children.

Jet pilot.

At a puppet show in a Parisian park, the moment of the killing of the serpent by Saint George.

At the viewing of the first full-length stereo film Bwana Devil.

Actor Steve McQueen (The Magnificent Seven).

Rural doctor Ernest Keriani, the only doctor in the region's 1,200 square miles, after a botched caesarean section that killed a mother and child due to complications.

American soldiers killed in battle with the Japanese on a beach in New Guinea. First photo of dead American soldiers on the battlefield during World War II.

John F. Kennedy (then still a Senator) with his younger brother Robert in a hotel room during the Democratic convention in Los Angeles. Both will be killed in a few years.

In the film "Italian Marriage". When this candid snapshot graced the cover of Life, many criticized the magazine for "dipping into pornography." One reader wrote, "Thank goodness the postman arrives at noon when my kids are at school."

Charlie Chaplin, 63.

Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larkin at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.

From the History of American Photojournalism: Media Mogul Henry Luce and LIFE's New Style of Photography. Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe and Adolf Hitler on the pages of LIFE, famous photographers and reports.

American magazine LIFE was founded in 1883 and had an entertainment focus: humor, illustrations, cartoons, comments.

magazine cover LIFE February 1922

In 1936 LIFE experienced a rebirth: it was bought by the American publisher Henry Luce, who created the first multimedia corporation (in 1923 Luce founded the weekly news magazine TIME, in 1930 the business magazine FORTUNE, in 1951 - the magazine Sports Illustrated, was also the creator of popular radio and other gear).

Henry Luce changed the format of the magazine - LIFE became a photojournal about politics, culture and society. It came out on 50 pages and consisted of photographs with small commentary-descriptions.

magazine cover LIFE February 1963, signed right: Alfred Hitchcock, horror film Birds.

Photojournalists LIFE worked in a special format: a photo with a small commentary told about an event, personality, news occasion or phenomenon. Accordingly, the photo had to be meaningful, informative and interesting.

the photo LIFE, photographer Iyerman, comment: “Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Autocinema, Utah,” 1958.

Marilyn Monroe looks into the lens of one of the most famous photographers LIFE- Alfred Eisenstadt, 1953

In addition to regular photojournalists, authors LIFE outside photographers also became - one of them was the personal photographer of Adolf Hitler, the German Hugo Jaeger. Jaeger's archive, consisting of several thousand color photographs, which captures the Fuhrer during his stormy military-political activities, as well as his entourage and fellow citizens, was acquired by the magazine LIFE in 1970. In April 1970 LIFE posted a series of photographs by Hugo Jaeger with editor's comment:

“We don't often give so much space in a magazine to the work of a person we have so little respect.”

Nevertheless, Yeager's photographs are of great historical value, as they allow you to feel the atmosphere of the era, to see Hitler-Fuhrer and his entourage closer, to imagine how the Third Reich and the propaganda machine of Nazi Germany functioned.

a comment LIFE: “Automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche (in suit), Adolf Hitler, to the left of the Fuhrer - the head of the German Labor Front, Robert Leigh, admiring a gift to Hitler on his 50th birthday: a Volkswagen convertible”, 1939, photographer Hugo Jaeger.

A comment LIFE: “League of German girls dancing during the Reich Party Congress, 1938, Nuremberg, Germany”, photographer Hugo Jaeger.

A selection of famous photographs of the magazine "LIFE", in different years published on its cover. LIFE was a weekly news magazine published from 1936 to 1972 with a strong emphasis on photo journalism. Then it came out monthly from 1978 to 2000.

1. Puppet Show. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1963
At a puppet show in a Parisian park, the moment of the killing of the serpent by Saint George.

2. Goin 'Home. Photo by Ed Clark, 1945
Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays "Goin 'Home" at President Roosevelt's April 12, 1945 funeral.

3. American way of life (The American Way). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1937
Food queue at the Red Cross during the Great Depression against the background of a poster: "There is no other way of life like the American."

4. Marlene Dietrich. Photo by Milton Greene, 1952

5. The Longest Day. Photo by Robert Capa, 1944
The moment of the landing of the American army at Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944, also depicted in the film "Saving Private Ryan" by Steven Spielberg.

6. Eyes of Hate. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933
It captures the moment when Goebbels (sitting) learned that his translator was a Jew and a friendly smile
came off his face.

7. Meeting peace With fire hoses. Photo by Charles Moore, 1963
Fire hoses crackdown on a peaceful anti-segregation rally in Bermengham, Alabama.

8. "The Marlboro Man". Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1949
39-year-old Texas cowboy Clarence Hailey, whose image was later used to advertise cigarettes.

9. Peek-A-Boo. Photo by Ed Clark, 1958
John F. Kennedy with his daughter Caroline, one of the legendary photographs of Life magazine

10. Sand of Iwo Jima. Photo by Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1945
American Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the spring of 1954

11. Liberation of Buchenwald. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1945

12. The Great Soul. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946
Mahatma Gandhi next to his spinning wheel - a symbol of the non-violent movement for Indian independence from Britain.

13. A Child Is Born. Photo by Lennart Nilsson, 1965
The first ever picture of a baby in the womb.

14. Riders of freedom (Freedom Riders). Photo by Paul Schutzer, 1961 Freedom Riders is a joint bus ride of black and white activists protesting against black rights violations in the southern states. USA. In 1961, they rented buses and drove around the south. states, opposing segregation laws and customs, being attacked by southern whites and arrested. National Guard soldiers were assigned to protect activists during a trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.

15. Agony: Photo by Ralph Morse, 1944
Army medic George Lott, badly wounded in both arms.

16. Sea of ​​Hats. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1930
In New York City.

17. Reaching Out: Photo by Larry Burrows, 1966
Marines during the Vietnam War. A black soldier reaches out to his wounded white comrade.

18. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Breathes Free. Photo by Harry Benson
Free breathing. Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Vermont

19. Royal jumps (Jumping Royals). Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1959
Duke and Duchess of Windsor

20. In the center of attention (Center of Attention). Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1956

21. Face of Death. Photo by Ralph Morse, 1943
Head of a Japanese soldier on a tank

22. Picasso and Centaur. Photo by Gjon Mili, 1949
Ephemeral drawing of the air.

23. Winston Churchill. Photo by Yousuf Karsh, 1941
Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. Politician, military man, journalist, writer, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

24. A Leopard's Kill. Photo by John Dominis, 1966

25. Pied Piper of Ann Arbor. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1950
A drummer from the University of Michigan marches with children

26. Man of the jet age (Jet Age Man). Photo by Ralph Morse, 1954
Jet pilot

27. 3D Movie Audience. Photo by J.R. Eyerman, 1952
At the screening of the first full-length stereo film Bwana Devil.

28. Steve McQueen. Photo by John Dominis, 1963
Actor Steve McQueen (The Magnificent Seven).

29. Country Doctor. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1948
Rural doctor Ernest Ceriani, the only doctor in the region's 1,200 square miles, after a botched caesarean section that killed a mother and child due to complications.

30. Three Americans (Three Americans). Photo by George Strock, 1943
American soldiers killed in battle with the Japanese on a beach in New Guinea. First photo of dead American soldiers on the battlefield during World War II.

31. Jack and Bobby: Photo by Hank Walker, 1960.
John F. Kennedy (then still a Senator) with his younger brother Robert in a hotel room during the Democratic convention in Los Angeles. Both will be killed in a few years.

32. Sophia Loren. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1966
Sophia Loren in the movie Italian Marriage. When this candid shot graced the cover of Life, many
criticized the magazine for "stopping to pornography." One reader wrote, "Thank God the postman arrives at noon when my kids are at school."

33. Charlie Chaplin. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1952
Charlie Chaplin, 63

34. Gunhild Larking. Photo by George Silk, 1956
Swedish high jumper Gunhild Larking at the 1956 Melbourne (Australia) Olympic Games

35. The Beatles in Miami. Photo by John Loengard, 1964
The Beatles on their American Tour. The pool water was quite cold that day, as evidenced by Ringo's grimace.

36. Before the Wedding (Before the Wedding). Photo by Michael Rougier, 1962

37. Littlest Survivor. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1943
During World War II, hundreds of Japanese were besieged on the island of Saipan and committed mass suicide in order not to surrender to the Americans. When American Marines surveyed the island, a barely alive child was found in one of the caves.

38. Liz and Monty: Photo by Peter Stackpole, 1950
Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift take a break from filming A Place in the Sun at Paramount Studios.

39. "Dali Atomicus". Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1948
Six hours and 28 throws (water, chair and three cats). According to the photographer, “his assistants and he were wet, dirty and almost completely exhausted” when the photo finally succeeded.

40. Both Sides Now. Photo by John Shearer, 1971
Muhammad Ali loved to tease opponents before the fight. Before the "fight of the century" with Joe Fraser in March 71
he questioned his masculinity, intellectual ability, and "blackness."

41. Ingenue Audrey: Photo by Mark Shaw, 1954
25-year-old Roman Holiday star Audrey Hepburn

42. Lion in Winter. Photo by John Bryson, 1959
Hemingway near his home in Ketchum, Idaho

43. Parting the Sea in Salt Lake City. Photo by J.R. Eyerman, 1958
Auto cinema in the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City. On the screen, Moses in front of the parting Red Sea in the film "The Ten Commandments".

44. A Boy's Escape. Photo by Ralph Crane, 1947
A staged photo of a boy escaping from an orphanage.

45. Before Camelot, a Visit to West Virginia. Photo by Hank Walker, 1960
John F. Kennedy, who will soon become the youngest American president, speaks in a town during an election campaign.

46. ​​Airplane Over Manhattan. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1939

47. Into the Light. Photo by Eugene Smith, 1946

48. Leap of a lonely wolf (A Wolf's Lonely Leap). Photo by Jim Brandenburg, 1986
The fight of the polar wolf for survival in northern Canada.

49. The Kiss. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945
One of the most famous photographs. Kiss of a sailor and a nurse after the end of the war.

1. Presentation of the puppet theater. (The Puppet Show). Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1963. Children's emotions during a puppet show. On the stage, Saint George kills a snake.

2. Goin 'Home. Photo by Ed Clark, 1945. At the funeral of President Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, the song "Goin 'Home" was performed by Sergeant Major Graham Jackson.

3. Lifestyle of American citizens. (The American Way). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1937. The inscription on the poster near the Red Cross point reads: "There is no other way of life like the American." In the photo: people in front of a poster in line for food at the Red Cross station during the Great Depression.

4. Marlene Dietrich. Photo by Milton Greene, 1952.

5. The Longest Day. Photo by Robert Capa, 1944. In the photo: the moment of the landing of the American military on Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 6, 1944. This event was captured in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.

6. Eyes of Hate. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933. Goebbels (in the chair) does not hide his emotions when he learns that his translator is Jewish.

7. Meeting peace With fire hoses. Photo by Charles Moore, 1963. Fire hoses were used to disperse a peaceful anti-segregation rally in Birmingham, Alabama.

8. "The Marlboro Man". Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1949. The image of 39-year-old Texas cowboy Clarence Hailey has been used repeatedly for cigarette advertising.

9. Peek-A-Boo. Photo by Ed Clark, 1958. John F. Kennedy with his daughter Caroline.

10. Sand of Iwo Jima. Photo by Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1945. Battle of Iwo Jima in Spring 1945 with US Marines.

11. Liberation of Buchenwald prisoners (Liberation of Buchenwald). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1945.

12. The Great Soul. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946. Mahatma Gandhi next to the spinning wheel, symbol of the non-violent movement for Indian independence from Great Britain.

13. A Child Is Born. Photo by Lennart Nilsson, 1965. The first picture of a baby in the womb in the world.

14. Riders of freedom (Freedom Riders). Photo by Paul Schutzer, 1961. “Riders of Liberty” were the bus trips of black and white activists protesting against the violation of black rights in the southern states of the United States. In 1961, activists rented buses and traveled around the southern states, being repeatedly attacked and arrested by southern whites. During a trip from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, National Guard soldiers were assigned to protect the riders.

15. Agony: Photo by Ralph Morse, 1944. Army medic George Lott was badly wounded in both arms.

16. Sea of ​​Hats. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1930. A crowd wearing hats on the streets of New York.

17. Reaching Out: Photo by Larry Burrows, 1966. Wounded Marine during the Vietnam War.

18. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Breathes Free. Photo by Harry Benson. Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Vermont.

19. Royal jumps (Jumping Royals). Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1959. Duke and Duchess of Windsor

20. In the center of attention (Center of Attention). Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1956.

21. Face of Death. Photo by Ralph Morse, 1943. Tank with the head of a Japanese soldier.

22. Picasso and Centaur. Photo by Gjon Mili, 1949. Drawing in the air.

23. Winston Churchill. Photo by Yousuf Karsh, 1941. Winston Churchill served as British Prime Minister from 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. Politician, military man, journalist, writer. Became the Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature.

24. A Leopard's Kill. Photo by John Dominis, 1966. Leopard with a victim.

25. Pied Piper of Ann Arbor. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1950. At the head of the column of children is a drummer from the University of Michigan.

26. Man of the jet age (Jet Age Man). Photo by Ralph Morse, 1954. Jet pilot.

27. 3D Movie Audience. Photo by J.R. Eyerman, 1952. People watch the first full-length stereo film, Bwana Devil.

28. Steve McQueen. Photo by John Dominis, 1963. Actor Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven.

29. Country Doctor. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1948. Ernest Ceriani was the only physician in the 1200 square miles of the region. In the photo: the doctor after an unsuccessful caesarean section, during which the mother and child died due to complications.

30. Three Americans (Three Americans). Photo by George Strock, 1943. The corpses of American soldiers killed in battle with the Japanese on a beach in New Guinea. This was the first photograph of dead American soldiers during World War II.

31. Jack and Bobby: Photo by Hank Walker, 1960. John F. Kennedy (then still a Senator) with his brother Robert at a hotel during the Democratic convention in Los Angeles.

32. Sophia Loren. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1966. Still from the movie "Italian Marriage" with Sophia Loren. When this issue of LIFE magazine came out, it received criticism from readers for such candid pictures. One reader wrote, "Thank God the postman arrives at noon when my kids are at school."

33. Charlie Chaplin. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1952. Charlie Chaplin at age 63.

34. Gunhild Larking. Photo by George Silk, 1956. Gunhild Larking is a Swedish high jumper. Photo: Gunhild at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

35. The Beatles in Miami. Photo by John Loengard, 1964. The Legendary Four on the American Tour. Ringo's grimace suggests that the pool water was cool enough that day.

36. Before the Wedding (Before the Wedding). Photo by Michael Rougier, 1962

37. Littlest Survivor. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1943. Under siege on the island of Saipan, hundreds of Japanese committed mass suicide to avoid being captured by the Americans during World War II. In the photo: a miraculously surviving Japanese child in the arms of an American Marine.

38. Liz and Monty: Photo by Peter Stackpole, 1950. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on the set of Paramount's A Place in the Sun.

39. "Dali Atomicus". Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1948. It took the photographer six hours and 28 throws (water, chair and cats) to take this picture. At the end of filming, the photographer and his assistants were wet, dirty and exhausted.

40. Both Sides Now. Photo by John Shearer, 1971. Muhammad Ali before his fight with Joe Fraser in March 1971. A lover of teasing opponents, Ali, before the fight with Fraser, questioned the masculinity, intellectual abilities and "black skin" of the latter.

41. Ingenue Audrey: Photo by Mark Shaw, 1954. Roman Holiday star Audrey Hepburn at age 25.

42. Lion in Winter. Photo by John Bryson, 1959. Hemingway near his home in Ketchum, Idaho.

43. Parting the Sea in Salt Lake City. Photo by J.R. Eyerman, 1958. The movie "The Ten Commandments" is shown on the screen of the auto cinema in the capital of Utah, Salt Lake City: Moses against the backdrop of the parting Red Sea.

44. A Boy's Escape. Photo by Ralph Crane, 1947. This staged photograph depicts a boy escaping from an orphanage.

45. Before Camelot, a Visit to West Virginia. Photo by Hank Walker, 1960. John F. Kennedy speaks during the election campaign in an American town.

50. Dennis Stock: Photo by Andreas Feininger, 1951

Pg ... 1 Cover: Born Too soon: The high-risk drama of keeping the tiniest babies alive: Jason Michael Waldmann Jr. who weighed only 1.2 pounds at birth

Pg ... 6 Publisher "s Note: Last monthly issue of LIFE magazine

Pg ... 12 The Big Picture: In Texas, a tornado leaves a house in tatters; in Illinois, a basset hound nurtures an unlikely family; in Uganda, a cult leaves only horror behind

Pg ... 22 Life Around the World: A family man in Jakarta proves that hope is stronger than any hardship - or handicap

Pg ... 31 Bob Greene: LIFE columnist bids farewell to his first love

Pg ... 34 Then and Now: What ever happened to some of LIFE "s favorite story subjects

Pg ... 44 Coming Back to Life: Twenty years later, the natural beauty of Mount St. Helens rises from the ashes. By Charles Hirshberg. Photography by Gary Braasch

Pg ... 48 Saving Jason: Only 1.2 pounds at birth, Jason Michael Waldmann Jr. was born too soon. But new technology, and old-fashioned care, are keeping tinier and tinier babies alive. By Lise Funderburg. Photography by Co Rentmeester

Pg ... 66 Making Faces: A portrait photographer asks his subjects: "What do you see?" Photography by Steve Pyke

Pg ... 76 The Vanishing Wild: For his new book, a nature photographer set out to document the world "s animals - before it" s too late. Photography by Art Wolfe

Pg ... 106 Just One More: The people who brought LIFE to life