Photo Essays
Portrait of a Swing State, 1944: As Ohio Goes …
As President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney wind up their 2012 campaigns for the White House, it all comes down to Ohio. For the past...
The Night Marilyn Sang to JFK: Rare Photos
A half-century ago, on a spring night in New York City, 35-year-old Marilyn Monroe — literally sewn into a sparkling, jaw-droppingly tight dress — stood in a...
LIFE at the Liberation of Paris: A Photographer’s Story
In the long, cruel struggle of World War II, opportunities for jubilation were scarce. But even among the era’s handful of “wish you were there” moments — the...
Renovating the World: The U.N. Under Construction
With delegates from 192 member states in New York City for the frenzied General Assembly, one major endeavor is on break: the U.N.'s ongoing renovation. Michael...
Top Cat
Cat fanciers descend on New York's Madison Square Garden for the fifth annual CFA-IAMS Cat Championships
Celebrating the Death of Osama bin Laden
Crowds gather in New York City and Washington after President Obama's announcement that the al-Qaeda chief was killed in a raid
James Dean: Original Rebel
So much has been written about James Dean, and his influence looms so large over movies and over popular cultural in general, that it’s always jarring to be...
A Giant Win Super Bowl XLII
Against the odds, the New York Giants defeated the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14. Relive the memories from a classic Super Bowl right here.
Exhibit: Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson
A show at New York's Museum of Modern Art explores the many facets of photography's most protean talent
Chinese Civilization by Shen Yun Performing Arts
On Jan. 11, 2012, the dance company returned for its seventh performance in New York City at the David H.Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. TIME looks at the...
Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now
An exhibit at New York City's International Center of Photography examines fashion photography and its influences
Louise Bourgeois: A Life in Photos
Louise Bourgeois, the famed French-born artist, died in New York City on May 31, 2010. She was 98.
Exploring the World of the Great Kublai Khan
A dazzling new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art displays the cosmopolitanism that flourished during the reign of Kublai Khan, one of the...
A Fierce and Tender Eye: Gordon Parks on Poverty’s Dire Toll
In June 1961, LIFE magazine published a story that, at the time, was astonishing not only for its unflinching coverage of abject poverty, but for the at-once...
LIFE With the Astrochimps: Early Stars of the Space Race
On the morning of January 31, 1961, in south Florida, a 5-year-old chimpanzee — dubbed “Ham” by his handlers — ate a breakfast of baby cereal, condensed milk,...
Let Us Now Praise Vintage Tech: Printing Photos on Fabric
“Until now,” LIFE told its readers in December 1947, “anyone claiming to have seen a dinner dress decorated with life-size photographs of the wearer would have...
The World of Blue Jeans
From the sweatshops of Asia to the runways of New York, denim is bigger than ever
A Famed War Photographer Comes to N.Y.C.
The photographer Raymond Depardon was a stranger in a foreign land when he arrived in New York in 1980. To quell his loneliness he roamed the streets...
A Brief History of Royals in America
As Queen Elizabeth II makes her first trip to New York City in decades, TIME looks back at other royal visits over the years
The Lockerbie Bombing
On 21 December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 bound for New York was destroyed by a bomb, killing all passengers and crew. 11 people in the Scottish town of Lockerbie...
