Experience LIFE's visual record of the 20th century by exploring the most iconic photographs from one of the most famous private photo collections in the world.

See photographs and read stories about global icons - the actors, athletes, politicians, and community members that make our world come to life.

See how fashion, family life, sports, holiday celebrations, media, and other elements of pop culture have changed through the decades.

Feb 4, 2026 · LIFE: What would you describe as the distinctive appeal of the LIFE brand of photography? GK: LIFE was particularly great at reflecting the “real life” of its readers right alongside …

Co Rentmeester took countless memorable photographs during his years as a LIFE photographer, on a wide range of subjects, from the Watts riots to the war in Vietnam to snow monkeys in Japan.

Anita Ekberg was twenty years old when she first appeared in LIFE magazine. In 1951 the magazine breathlessly introduced this relative unknown model to readers in a story headlined “ Beautiful Maid …

Visit some of the world's most desirable and desolate locations on Planet Earth through LIFE's extensive natural photography collection.

Destinations Latest destinations George Silk’s Images of New Zealand: A LIFE Photographer Goes Home destinations Cowboy Life in the Australian Outback destinations Meet Peter, the Pelican …

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This important truth is one that suffuses this collection of harvest-time photos taken during LIFE’s original run from 1936 to 1972. The crops being harvested in these photos include corn, wheat, …