Photo Essays
Angelina Jolie: Humanitarian
It was while she was in Cambodia in 2001, shooting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, that Angelina Jolie became aware of the suffering of the people in that war-ravaged...
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
The White House Correspondents Pre-Party: Photos Inside the TIME-People ‘Welcome Reception’
It’s the weekend that the Washington press corps comes out to celebrate. But the night before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, TIME and People roll out...
Were You, or Was Someone You Know, at the 1963 March on Washington?
Were you, or was someone you know, at the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963? If you have any photos or stories from the event that...
Marian Anderson and the Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
“A voice like yours is heard only once in a hundred years.” — Arturo Toscanini to the American contralto Marian Anderson Born in Philadelphia in 1897, Marian...
LIFE Behind the Picture: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966
In October 1966, on a mud-splattered hill just south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Vietnam, LIFE magazine’s Larry Burrows made a photograph that, for...
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...
The March on Washington, August 1963: Power to the People
So many scenes from the August 28, 1963, March on Washington are now familiar to so many of us — and the cadence of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”...
LIFE in Korea: Rare Photos From the ‘Forgotten War’
In Korea, it’s known as the “6-2-5 (yug ee oh) War,” a reference to June 25, 1950, when the North Korean People’s Army invaded the South. Among North Koreans,...
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 Behind the Picture: Skull on a Tank, Guadalcanal, 1942
In February 1943, LIFE magazine published a series of photographs from Guadalcanal — the largest of the Solomon Islands and the site of the Allies’ first,...
Brooklyn Bridge: The Perfect Span
Most of us have a favorite bridge. That is to say, most everyone has, in his or her mind’s eye, a structure that surpasses all others in the requisite traits: it...
Inauguration Day Photo Album: An Inside View of the Pageantry and Parade
Washington, D.C. was euphoric on Monday, as tens of thousands turned out to celebrate the re-election of Barack Obama.
Snowstorm Hits Washington State
Seattle is spared as the Olympia area bears the brunt, with up to 10 inches of accumulation in some areas
Chicago and Midwest Pummeled with Snow…Again
Beyond a line extending from Minneapolis to Chicago, midwesterners watched as nearly a foot of snow piled on the region. Roughly 1,000 flights at Chicago...
A Massive Blizzard Hits Washington, D.C.
A storm dubbed the Snowpocalypse dumps more than two feet of snow on the nation's capital
Behind the Picture: George Lott, Casualty of War
In January 1945, LIFE magazine published a groundbreaking story, featuring dozens of photographs by Ralph Morse, chronicling the journey of a badly wounded...
Growing Up Romney: Mitt’s Early Years
The childhood narratives that inform the public’s perception of so many political figures — Abe Lincoln’s log cabin; George Washington’s cherry tree; JFK’s...
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,...
Glenn Beck's Washington DC "Restoring Honor" rally
The conservative radio and TV host presides over a gathering at the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
