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 |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
magazine
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photojournalism magazine ⓘ |
| acquiredByHenryLuce | 1936 ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| ceasedPrintRegularly | 2000 ⓘ |
| ceasedPublicationAsWeekly | 1972 ⓘ |
| circulationPeak | over 8 million copies per week ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| format | large-format picture magazine ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Henry Luce ⓘ |
| genre |
general-interest magazine
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news magazine ⓘ photojournalism ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| inceptionAsWeeklyPictureMagazine | November 23, 1936 ⓘ |
| influenced |
later news magazines
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photojournalism as a profession ⓘ |
| ISSN | 0024-3019 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print magazine ⓘ |
| notableCover |
V-J Day in Times Square
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surface form:
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 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Time Warner ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Time Inc. ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency |
monthly (later)
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weekly ⓘ |
| publisher | Time Inc. ⓘ |
| revivedAsMonthly | 1978 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in media history ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Henry Luce
this entity surface form:
Life magazine (modern pictorial version)
subject surface form:
Henry Luce
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Life magazine photo archive
this entity surface form:
Life (magazine)
subject surface form:
Look
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Life magazine article "The Psychotic Twin"
subject surface form:
Gordon Parks
this entity surface form:
Life (magazine)
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Life magazine article "Youth Runs Wild"