Photo Essays
LIFE With Rock Stars … and Their Parents
They had fame, reams of money and fans willing to do wild, unmentionable things just to breathe the same air — but in its September 24, 1971 issue, LIFE magazine...
Love Supreme: An Interracial Romance Triumphs in 1960s Virginia
On March 18, 1966, LIFE magazine published a feature under the quietly chilling headline, “The Crime of Being Married.” The article, illustrated with photographs...
LIFE and Civil Rights: Anatomy of a Protest, Virginia, 1960
Very few non-violent civil disobedience tactics of the late 1950s and early 1960s were as brilliantly simple in conception and as effective in execution as the...
LIFE With Guns: ‘Drawing a Bead on Safety,’ 1956
[NOTE: LIFE.com is aware that encountering images of guns and children in a classroom might be distressing to some readers — even if those images were made...
Photographer Spotlight: Michael Rougier
Born in England on June 16, 1925, Michael Rougier began his career as a photographer for the Montreal Standard newspaper. His big break came when he was assigned...
The Political Trials of Tom Perriello
Like many Democrats this fall, the incumbent from Virginia's Fifth District faces an uphill battle for re-election
LIFE in 2012: The Year in 12 Galleries
What do the Empire State Building, Albert Einstein, Hillary Clinton, Woody Guthrie and druggy Japanese teenagers have in common? Well … nothing, really. Or...
Obama and Biden Go Out for Burgers
The President and his Veep move their weekly lunch to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia
