Magnum Photos

Archive - Nov 23 1936, LIFE Magazine is reborn as a photo magazine 

Magnum Photographers 

It is 80 years since the iconic US magazine, originally a humor and general interest publication, becomes a weekly news magazine with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. Here is a selection of images by photographers such as Robert and Cornell Capa, Philip Halsman, George Rodger and Henri Cartier-Bresson whose works have appeared in the magazine 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1938

CHINA. Hankou. March 1938. Boy soldier. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Córdoba front. Early September, 1936. Death of a loyalist... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1945

GERMANY. Nuremberg. April 20, 1945. Hubert STRICKLAND, Capa's... 

Philippe Halsman 1944

USA. 1944. American actress Lauren BACALL posing for the cover... 

Philippe Halsman 1948

USA. 1948. American actress Elizabeth TAYLOR poses for the magazine... 

Philippe Halsman 1952

USA. Hollywood, California. 1952. US actress Marilyn MONROE posing... 

Philippe Halsman 1955

ITALY. La Vigna. 1955. Actress Audrey Hepburn posing for a LIFE... 

Philippe Halsman 1951

1951. British actors Vivian LEIGH and Laurence OLIVIER. 
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Philippe Halsman 1962

USA. 1962. Alfred HITCHCOCK posing for the cover of LIFE Magazine.... 

Philippe Halsman 1954

USA. New York City. 1954. American actress Grace KELLY.

Philippe Halsman 1955

USA. February 9, 1955. American actress Grace KELLY wearing the... 

Philippe Halsman 1966

USA. New York City. Halsman's studio. 15th April 1966. The American... 

Cornell Capa © International Center of Photography 1957

USA. New York. 1957. Harry BELAFONTE and his daughter Shari. 

Bruce Davidson 1963

USA. Alabama. Birmingham. 1963. Martin Luther KING Jr. giving... 

Elliott Erwitt 1961

USA. Washington, D.C. 1961. John F. KENNEDY in the Oval Office... 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. 1951. Women's Air Force member Marion CHADWICK (right). 

Burt Glinn 1951

USA. New York City. 1951. View of Lower Manhattan from the Staten... 

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Seattle, Washington. 1952. Test pilot Tex JOHNSON.

Burt Glinn 1952

USA. Oregon. 1952. Herbert HOOVER fishing.

Burt Glinn 1954

USA. Idaho. 1954.

Burt Glinn 1954

USA. 1954. Pakistani Premier MOHAMED ALI becomes Blackfoot Indian.... 

Burt Glinn 1957

ISRAEL. 1957. Oil drilling at Sodom (Dead Sea area).

Burt Glinn 2009

FRANCE. St. Tropez. 1958. Brigitte BARDOT. 

Burt Glinn 1959

USA. New York City. 1959.

Burt Glinn 1959

USA. 1959.

Wayne Miller 1951

USA. California. Whittler. 1951. Senator Richard NIXON and family... 

Wayne Miller 1959

TURKEY. EISENHOWER's Official Visit. In Ankara, US president... 

Wayne Miller 1959

FRANCE. 1959. Dwight D. EISENHOWER. 

Dennis Stock 1955

USA. New York City. 1955. James DEAN withdrawn and timid looking,... 

Dennis Stock 1955

USA. New York City. 1955. James DEAN haunted Times Square. For... 
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