Dec 11, 2025 · Frank Scherschel/Life Picture Collection/Shutterstock Charles de Gaulle arrived in Isigny as he re-established the French government in the days following the D-Day invasion, June 14, …

The cultural influences from music, movies, theater, and design that have helped shaped the world we live in today.

America has a lot going for it, and the ability to feed itself would be at the top of the list. The country is rich in arable farmland. This important truth is one that suffuses this collection of harvest-time photos …

Explore 1947 within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.

The following is adapted from the introduction to LIFE’s newcspecial issue 100 Photographs: The Most Important Pictures of All Time and the Stories Behind Them, available at newsstands and online: …

When LIFE magazine visited Big Sur in 1959, the Esalen Institute was three years from opening, but the coastal community had long been attracting free-thinking types.

Explore Magazine Cover within the LIFE photography vault, one of the most prestigious & privately held archives from the US & around the World.

In 1968 LIFE magazine summed up the appeal of French philosopher and author Albert Camus with a single sentence: “Camus looked directly into the darkness as saw sun—the human spirit.” The line …

Written By: Charles Leerhsen The following is excerpted from LIFE’s new special issue Michael Jordan: The Greatest of All Time, available at newsstands and here online. When it dropped in the mid-’90s, …

LIFE recalls the Orient Express of the last century through photographs made in 1950 -- evocative, atmospheric pictures from another time.