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LIFE recently asked Amanda Cain, the National Hockey League's first Black female photographer, to curate some of her favorite photos from our archive. To see her selections—and to learn more about her!—check out:
life.com/arts-entertain…
@grafikAmanda @SanJoseSharks
Dancers at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet, New York, 1936.
To view more photos by one of LIFE's great photographers, Alfred Eisenstaedt, check out:
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At the end of World War II, a surplus of scooters was decommissioned by the US Army—including this one produced by Cushman Motor Works—leading to an American craze for all things two-wheeled.
For more on this moment of motorized fun, check out:
life.com/history/when-s…
View of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. View more iconic destinations here: life.com/destinations/
(📷 Dmitri Kessel, 1944/LIFE Picture Collection)
#LIFEMagazinee#DmitriKessell#TravelTuesdayy#DestinationGreecee#Athenss#Parthenonn#Acropoliss9
A new exhibit, THE LIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS, opens at the Monroe Gallery tonight in Santa Fe, NM. (Don't miss photographer Bob Gomel at the reception from 5-7pm!) The show will run through 6/26. For more info—and to see more of the curators' selects—check out:
life.com/arts-entertain…
In New York? An exhibit of LIFE photographer Leonard McCombe's work in Germany (1940-'46) is opening today at the German Consulate General. More here: eventbrite.com/e/exhibition-o… @GermanyNY
Happy Cinco de Mayo! For more vivid photos of Mexico, check out:
life.com/destinations/c…
(📷 John Dominis / LIFE Picture Collection)u
On this day in 1929, Audrey Kathleen Ruston, later known as Audrey Hepburn, was born in Belgium. This film and fashion icon also devoted her life to humanitarian efforts.
For more about Audrey and to view rare photos:
life.com/people/audrey-…
(📷 A. Grant, '56/LIFE Pic. Coll.)b
Ella Fitzgerald performs at Mr. Kelly's nightclub, Chicago, 1958.
(📷 Yale Joel / LIFE Picture Collection)
#LIFEmagazinee#EllaFitzgeraldd#MusicMondayy#1950ss#Jazzz#YaleJoell#chicagohistoryyJ
April showers bring May flowers. Happy first day of May!
This field of flowers includes sweeping views of pink petunias and a rear view mirror glimpse of an abandoned school.
(📷 Ralph Crane, California, 1962 / LIFE Picture Collection)
#LIFEmagazinee#RalphCranee#1960ss#Springgr
Portrait of Ava Gardner in the movie 'One Touch of Venus'.
(📷 JR Eyerman, 1948 / LIFE Picture Collection / @shutterstocknowarchive )
#LIFEmagazinee#LIFELegendss#1940sfashionn#vintagehollywoodd#actresss#JREyermannN
Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Enjoy this view of our "blue marble" from the Apollo 8 Space Mission, and learn more about Earth day here:life.com/lifestyle/eart…c
(📷 NASA / LIFE Picture Collection)#EarthDaya#LIFEmagazinen#NASAS8g
Image of Irish Actress, Siobhan McKenna, embracing an innocent, infant lamb.
( 📷 Gjon Mili, Ireland, 1970 / LIFE Picture Collection / @shutterstocknowarchive )
#LIFEmagazinee#wildLIFEwednesdayy#1970ss#Irelandd#lambsofinstagramm#springlambssF
Congrats and thank you to @mondoir on being a part of our historic first drop on @KnownOrigin_io ! twitter.com/mondoir/status…
The first LIFE magazine cover on @KnownOrigin_io bidding has started. Best of luck to the first bidder @mondoir on this historic drop! To learn more about our digital collectibles check out: knownorigin.io/life
Portrait of Margaret Bourke-White standing on the scaffolding of the Chrysler Building in 1931.
Our first collection is now live on @KnowOrigin.io ! A portion of these sales will benefit the @MalalaFund. Check it out:
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(📷 LIFE Picture Collection )V
Thank you to everyone who joined our space today for a wonderful discussion on Margaret Bourke-White!
Come join us soon in our very first virtual gallery with @KnownOrigin_io! check out below: twitter.com/KnownOrigin_io…
Follow along during our discussion at 12pm today with these links & images:
knownorigin.io/life
life.com/history/life-l…
events.decentraland.org/event/?id=1227… (DCL Gallery space)
life.com/history/the-ch… (@carolinegutman 's article)
(📸 Margaret Bourke-White / LIFE Picture Collection)U
Join us today at 12pm with @carolinegutman & @KnownOrigin_io ambassadors to discuss the legacy of Margaret Bourke-White, whose work is featured in our first collection dropping on @KnownOrigin_io today!
twitter.com/i/spaces/1RDGl…
Two small children leaning against a sign marking the boundary of the shanty town of New Deal, Montana.
(7/7) Check out our full first collection dropping on @KnownOrigin_io tomorrow: cur.lt/unbd4uyfz
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White, 1936 / LIFE Picture Collection )l
Original uncropped print of the first ever LIFE Magazine cover in 1936, that will also be on view in person at the Boston MFA this October!
(6/7) Soon to be avaliable as a digital collectible on @KnownOrigin_io !
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White / LIFE Picture Collection )N
Bourke-White was the first female war correspondent allowed in combat during WWII, here standing in front of the Flying Fortress bomber.
(5/7) View our entire first collection on @KnownOrigin : cur.lt/unbd4uyfz
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White, 1943 / LIFE Picture Collection)n
Meet New Deal, Montana! The shanty town that was once labeled as a "new hot spot" of the "New West" in 1936.
(4/7) To be featured in our first collection drop on @KnownOrigin_io Thursday!
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White / LIFE Picture Collection )d
Bourke-White captured the very human efforts it took to build Fort Peck Dam, here a workman crawls inside a giant pipe segment used in construction
(3/7) To be featured in our first drop on @KnownOrigin_io next week!
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White, 1936 / LIFE Picture Collection )j
A rare look at a contact sheet of aerial views of Fort Peck Dam's construction in 1936. Read more here: cur.lt/r6uus7onc
(2/7) This image will be available as a digital collectible on @KnownOrigin_io next week!
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White/ LIFE Picture Collection )B
Follow us on here over the next week for daily spotlights of our avaliable digital collectibles on @KnownOrigin_io , like LIFE's very first cover featuring Fort Peck Dam (which will be up for auction next Thursday!)
( 📷 Margaret Bourke-White, 1936 / LIFE Picture Collection )v
A huge thanks again to @awaygray , @KnownBrendan , & @Known_Mecquel from @KnownOrigin_io for all their wonderful insight during today's space! Thanks to all who joined, and keep an eye out for our upcoming space next week...
Beginning in 5 minutes ⏰ twitter.com/life/status/15…
Retweeted by LIFE Here are some tips on how to be ready for our launch on @KnownOrigin_io next week! We'll be discussing this more in detail during our space, starting in 5 minutes...see you there!
If you haven't yet, please also join us on discord! @lifemag_eth 👇discord.gg/lifemagnfto
Join us today at 12pm with @KnownOrigin_io co-founder @awaygray and partnerships/business ops director @KnownBrendan to hear more about our first drop!
Be sure to also follow us on @lifemag_eth for more updates!
twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlKQ…
Please be sure to follow us @lifemag_eth for all things related to NFTs!
More details on our inaugural drop with @KnownOrigin_io in the link below:
life.com/history/life-l… twitter.com/KnownOrigin_io…
Have you heard? We're dropping our first NFTs on @KnownOrigin_io next week! For more details, click here: cur.lt/eakn7bqco
Portrait of LIFE's first hired staff and female photographer, Margaret Bourke-White, 1943.
(📷 Alfred Eisenstaedt / LIFE Picture Collection )B
Dancing dames! Marilyn Monroe (center) attends movement class in Hollywood, 1949.
For more photographs from Marilyn's 'movie-star training,' check out:
life.com/people/marilyn…
Springtime in England with a small, sassy shepherd.
(📷Mark Kauffman, 1949 / LIFE Picture Collection)
#lifemagazinee /#wildLIFEWednesdayyO
Dot and Betty, mother-daughter members of the MOTOR MAIDS, 1947.
LIFE asked photojournalist @carolinegutman to choose her favorite photos from the LIFE archive that speak to the changing role of women. To see more of her selects, check out:
life.com/history/the-ch…
Meet Fred Lyon, LIFE's 97-year-old chronicler of all things West Coast!
Lyon began shooting for LIFE in 1948. "Every time the phone rang it would start me off in a different direction, usually some place I had never been or someone I had never known.."
life.com/arts-entertain…
"Batman’s first popular move onto the screen had quite a different tone..."
In celebration of the recent film 'The Batman', check out more about this legendary hero in 1966 before he made it to the big screen:
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(📷 Yale Joel / LIFE Picture Collection)h
Weekend roadtrip anyone? American actress and model Mamie Van Doren under her sports car in Los Angeles, 1954.
If you are looking for some roadtrip inspiration, check out:
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( 📷 Loomis Dean / LIFE Picture Collection )2
A rare photo of the lengendary Tina Turner with her band in 1970.
For more unique images from this story, check out:
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( 📷 Gjon Mili / LIFE Picture Collection)B
The 2022 Women Photograph grant cycle is here!
This year, thanks to partnerships with @GettyImages, @NikonUSA, & @LeicaCameraUSA, we'll be offering $45,000 in project grants for women & nonbinary photographers. Applications open April 1!
womenphotograph.com/grants-2022
Retweeted by LIFE A woman protests the Soviets at the United Nations, New York, 1960.
To find out more about how you can help the people in Ukraine, check out: people.com/human-interest…
(📷Paul Schutzer / LIFE Picture Collection )m
We're celebrating love today with some of our favorite kisses from the LIFE archive. For more, check out:
life.com/lifestyle/kiss…
Ray Charles singing with the Raelettes: Clydie King, Gwen Berry, and Merry Clayton, 1966.
For more intimate photos with Charles, check out:
life.com/people/ray-cha…
In 1944, LIFE's editors asked the age-old question: Are dogs happier in the city or in the country? (Let the debates begin!) For a look at their answer—and our more recent take—check out:
life.com/animals/are-ci…
(📷Nina Leen, 1944 / LIFE Picture Collection)Y
There's a long line of Hollywood icons who never won an Oscar:
life.com/arts-entertain…
Charlene Dash applies makeup before a fashion shoot, 1969.
A pioneering Black model, Dash later went on to appear in the famous Battle of Versailles fashion show in 1973. To learn more about her, check out:
life.com/people/charlen…
(📷Yale Joel/LIFE Picture Collection)8
From our 1/31/38 issue: "Many of the 49 nurses peering into the stair well have no caps. This means that they are novices. Fresh from their high schools, they entered the Roosevelt Hospital School..."
For more of this photoessay on nursing, check out: life.com/lifestyle/nurs…
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