Life magazine
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Life magazine was a hugely influential American weekly publication best known for its pioneering photojournalism and vivid visual coverage of 20th-century events and culture.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
magazine
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photojournalism magazine → |
| acquiredByHenryLuce |
1936
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| basedIn |
New York City
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| ceasedPrintRegularly |
2000
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| ceasedPublicationAsWeekly |
1972
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| circulationPeak |
over 8 million copies per week
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| editor |
Daniel Longwell
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Edward K. Thompson → Henry Luce → Luther Hill → |
| featuredPhotographer |
Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Carl Mydans → Gordon Parks → Margaret Bourke-White → Robert Capa → W. Eugene Smith → |
| finalPrintIssue |
April 2007
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| format |
large-format picture magazine
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| foundedBy |
Henry Luce
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| genre |
general-interest magazine
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news magazine → photojournalism → |
| inception |
1936
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| inceptionAsWeeklyPictureMagazine |
November 23, 1936
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| influenced |
later news magazines
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photojournalism as a profession → |
| ISSN |
0024-3019
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| language |
English
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| mediaType |
print magazine
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| notableCover |
V-J Day in Times Square photograph
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| notableFor |
coverage of World War II
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coverage of the civil rights movement → coverage of the space race → influence on American visual culture → photo essays → pioneering photojournalism → portraits of celebrities and political leaders → visual coverage of 20th-century events → |
| originalFoundingAsHumorMagazine |
1883
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| ownedBy |
Time Warner
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| parentCompany |
Time Inc.
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| publicationFrequency |
monthly (later)
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weekly → |
| publisher |
Time Inc.
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| revivedAsMonthly |
1978
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| subjectOf |
studies in media history
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Referenced by (17)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
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Carl Mydans → Gordon Parks → John Vachon → Richard Stolley → |
employer |
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Henry Luce
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Henry Luce ("Life magazine (modern pictorial version)") → |
founded |
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Henry Luce
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Henry Luce → |
notableWork |
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The Old Man and the Sea
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firstPublicationVenue |
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Time-Life Building
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formerTenant |
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V-J Day in Times Square
("Life magazine photo archive")
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inCollection |
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Alfred Eisenstaedt
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notablePublication |
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V-J Day in Times Square
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originallyPublishedIn |
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V-J Day in Times Square
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publicationMedium |
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V-J Day in Times Square
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publisher |
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Abraham Zapruder
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soldRightsToZapruderFilmTo |