Legendary photo magazine LIFE

23 Nov 1936 in printing the first issue of life magazine (LIFE), which in the next 30 years, became a symbol of photojournalism. We offer you a selection of the most striking photos posted on a magazine cover.

Goin' Home. Photo by Ed Clark, 1945.

The American way of life (The American Way). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1937.

Marlene Dietrich (Marlene Dietrich). Photo by Milton Greene, 1952.

The longest day (The Longest Day). Photo by Robert Capa, 1944.

The eyes of hatred (Eyes of Hate). Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.

Meeting peace With fire hoses. Photo by Charles Moore, 1963.

The Marlboro Man. Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1949.

Peek-A-Boo. Photo by Ed Clark, 1958.

Sand of Iwo Jima (Sand of Iwo Jima). Photo by Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1945.

Liberation of Buchenwald (Liberation of Buchenwald). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1945.

Great soul (The Great Soul). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1946.

A Child Is Born. Photo by Lennart Nilsson, 1965.

The freedom riders (Freedom Riders). Photo by Paul Schutzer, 1961.

Agony (Agony): Photo by Ralph Morse, 1944.

A sea of hats (Sea of Hats). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1930.

Reaching Out: Photo by Larry Burrows, 1966.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn Breathes Free. Photo by Harry Benson.

Royal jumping (Jumping Royals). Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1959.

The center of attention (Center of Attention). Photo by Leonard McCombe, 1956.

The face of death (Face of Death). Photo by Ralph Morse, 1943.

Picasso and the centaur (Picasso and Centaur). Photo by Gjon Mili, 1949.

Winston Churchill (Winston Churchill). Photo by Yousuf Karsh, 1941.

The leopard-killer (A Leopard's Kill). Photo by John Dominis, 1966.

Pied Piper of Ann arbor (Pied Piper of Ann Arbor). Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1950.

People jet age (Jet Age Man). Photo by Ralph Morse, 1954.

Puppet show (The Puppet Show). Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1963.

3D Movie Audience. Photo by J. R. Eyerman, 1952.

Steve McQueen. Photo by John Dominis, 1963.

Country doctor (Country Doctor). Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1948.

Three Americans (Three Americans). Photo by George Strock, 1943.

Jack and Bobby: Photo by Hank Walker, 1960.

Sophia Loren. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1966.

Charlie Chaplin. Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1952.

Gunhild Larking. Photo by George Silk, 1956.

The Beatles in Miami. Photo by John Loengard, 1964.

Before the wedding (Before the Wedding). Photo by Michael Rougier, 1962.

Survivors (the Survivor). Photo by W. Eugene Smith, 1943.

Liz and Monty: Photo by Peter Stackpole, 1950.

Dali Atomicus. Photo by Philippe Halsman, 1948.

Both Sides Now. Photo by John Shearer, 1971.

Ingenue Audrey: Photo by Mark Shaw, 1954.

The lion in winter (Lion in Winter). Photo by John Bryson, 1959.

Restuplenie sea in salt lake city (Parting the Sea in Salt Lake City). Photo by J. R. Eyerman, 1958.

Escape boy (A Boy's Escape). Photo by Ralph Crane, 1947.

Before Camelot, a visit to West Virginia (Before Camelot, a Visit to West Virginia). Photo by Hank Walker, 1960.

The plane over Manhattan (Airplane Over Manhattan). Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, 1939.

Into the light (Into the Light). Photo by Eugene Smith, 1946.

Jump a lone wolf (A Wolf's Lonely Leap). Photo by Jim Brandenburg, 1986.

Kiss (The Kiss). Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945.