This is a volume of living history the history of our times, as seen by the photographers who captured it. It is the most comprehensive anthology of Life photography ever assembled, and illustrates the strengths that made many of these individuals famous and Life great. This book, an enormous international success in hardback, is now available in a new, compact, paperback edition.

The best work of every LIFE magazine staff photographer, as well as that of a handful of others closely affiliated with the magazine, is on display in this book. Here are portfolios by over 100 great photographers, including Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Carl Mydans, Gordon Parks, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Capa, Ralph Morse, Nina Leen, Harry Benson, Philippe Halsman, and, most recently, Joe McNally, whose memorable work for LIFE in the aftermath of September 11 was in the finest tradition of the magazine.

This is the most comprehensive anthology of LIFE photography ever assembled, and illustrates the strengths that made many of these individuals famous- and LIFE magazine great.

Introduction

A Reminiscence

Carlo Bavagnoli

Harry Bensen

Jack Birns

Margaret Bourke-White

Horace Bristol

James Burke

Larry Burrows

CorneiL Capa

Robert Capa

Edward Clark

Ralph Crane

Myron Davis

Loomis Dean

John Dominis

Paul Dorsey

David Douglas Duncan

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Eliot Elisofon

Bill Eppridge

J.R. Eyerman

N.R. Farbman

Andreas Feininger

At Fenn

John Florea

Herbert Gehr

Fritz Goro

Allan Grant

Milton Greene

Farrell Grehan

Arthur Griffin

Henry Groskinsky

Philippe Halsmann

Marie Hansen

Rex Hardy

Bernard Hoffman

Martha Holmes

James Jarche

Yale Joel

Mark Kauffman

Robert W. Kelley

Dmitri Kessel

Wallace Kirkland

George Lacks

Bob Landry

Walter B. Lane

Lisa Larsen

Nina Leon

Nell Leifer

Anthony Linck

John Laengard

Michael Maunny

Thomas McAvoy

Leonard McCombe

Joe McNally

Vernon Merritt

Hansel Mieth

Gion Mili

Francis MiLler

Ralph Morse

Cart Mydans

Lennart Nilsson

John Olson

Gordon Parks

Charles PhiLlips

John PhilLips

Hart Preston

Bill Ray

Co Rentmeester

Arthur Rickerby

George Rodger

Michael Rougier

Walter Sanders

Eric Schaal

David E. Scherman

Frank Scherschel

Joe Scherschel

Paul Schutzer

Mark Shaw

John Shearer

Sam Shere

William C. Shrout

George Silk

George Skadding

lan Smith

W. Eugene Smith

Howard Sochurek

Peter Stackpole

Charles Steinheimer

George Strock

William J. Sumits

Burk Uzzle

William Vandivert

Grey Villet

Hank Walker

Stan Wayman

James Whitmore

Hans Wild

Jack Wilkes

John Zimmorman

Index