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 of America
surface form: 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
surface form: 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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Henry Luce founded Life magazine
Henry Luce notableWork Life magazine
Luce founded Life magazine
subject surface form: Henry Luce
this entity surface form: Life magazine (modern pictorial version)
Luce notableWork Life magazine
subject surface form: Henry Luce
Time-Life Building formerTenant Life magazine
Gordon Parks employer Life magazine
John Vachon employer Life magazine
Carl Mydans employer Life magazine
Alfred Eisenstaedt employer Life magazine
Alfred Eisenstaedt notablePublication Life magazine
Richard Stolley employer Life magazine
V-J Day in Times Square publisher Life magazine
V-J Day in Times Square inCollection Life magazine
this entity surface form: Life magazine photo archive
Margaret Bourke-White employer Life magazine
Robert Capa employer Life magazine
Robert Benchley employer Life magazine
Jerry Schatzberg workedFor Life magazine
this entity surface form: Life (magazine)
W. Eugene Smith employer Life magazine
Ernst Haas notablePublication Life magazine
John Hersey employer Life magazine
Daniel Longwell notableWork Life magazine
John Swope hasPartnershipWith Life magazine
Zapruder film acquiredBy Life magazine
Edward K. Thompson notableWork Life magazine
Edward K. Thompson employer Life magazine
Esther Bubley workedFor Life magazine
Camelot era popularizedBy Life magazine
Robert E. Sherwood employer Life magazine
The Hoax aboutOrganization Life magazine
Look magazine competitor Life magazine
subject surface form: Look
Sisters basedOn Life magazine
this entity surface form: Life magazine article "The Psychotic Twin"
Frank X. Leyendecker notableClient Life magazine
Shana Alexander employer Life magazine
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks employer Life magazine
subject surface form: Gordon Parks
Flavio publisher Life magazine
Flavio publishedIn Life magazine
Harlem Gang Leader publisher Life magazine
Harlem Gang Leader publishedIn Life magazine
Segregation Story publisher Life magazine
Nathaniel Benchley employer Life magazine
this entity surface form: Life (magazine)
Youth Runs Wild basedOn Life magazine
this entity surface form: Life magazine article "Youth Runs Wild"
Arnold Newman employer Life magazine
Rick Smolan employer Life magazine
Time-Life hasPublication Life magazine
Time & Life Building formerTenant Life magazine
Andreas Feininger employer Life magazine