Life Magazine

  • On Suffering and Sympathy

    On Suffering and Sympathy

    What is the distance between sympathy and action? How do we travel from one to the other?

  • The Big Idea: Dawn Tripp

    The Big Idea: Dawn Tripp

    Dawn Tripp discusses Georgia, her new novel based on Georgia O’Keeffe’s life, O’Keeffe’s distancing herself from feminism, and balancing biography with fiction.

  • The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Kill Shot

    The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Kill Shot

    1964, a month prior to the anniversary of JFK’s assassination, a different home movie shot. Infant toss. Up-down. Plummeting. I’m ten months of age—picking up speed.

  • History in Color

    At Hyperallergic, Chris Cobb explores new photography exhibits featuring over 200 color photos from a recently rediscovered collection by Gordon Parks. The collection dates from 1956, when Parks was commissioned by LIFE magazine to capture the day-to-day of black families in segregated…

  • Jamming at the The Jazz Loft

    A new documentary explores the New York jazz scene circa 1959 through the lens of W. Eugene Smith, the LIFE Magazine photojournalist, and the shows that sprang up in a squat in Chelsea’s Flower District. Read more about The Jazz Loft According…

  • Paper Trumpets #9: The Boy and the Kangaroo

    Paper Trumpets #9: The Boy and the Kangaroo

    The latest installment of Paper Trumpets feature two collages stemming from one LIFE Magazine image.

  • A Recipe to Ruin Your Sunday

    The Guardian pointed out Wednesday that every Life Magazine is now available at Google Books, and now, thanks to them, my week has been ruined. And now I’ve ruined yours! There is so much to find. The Guardian discovered this…