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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instanceOf magazine
photojournalism magazine
acquiredByHenryLuce 1936
basedIn New York City
ceasedPrintRegularly 2000
ceasedPublicationAsWeekly 1972
circulationPeak over 8 million copies per week
countryOfOrigin United States
editor Daniel Longwell
Edward K. Thompson
Henry Luce
Luther Hill
featuredPhotographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
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
news magazine
photojournalism
inception 1936
inceptionAsWeeklyPictureMagazine November 23, 1936
influenced later news magazines
photojournalism as a profession
ISSN 0024-3019
language English
mediaType print magazine
notableCover V-J Day in Times Square photograph
notableFor coverage of World War II
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)
weekly
publisher Time Inc.
revivedAsMonthly 1978
subjectOf studies in media history


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