Ben Cosgrove

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Ralph Morse: Photographer Spotlight

The great LIFE photographer Ralph Morse has died at 97. Here, in tribute, LIFE.com shares his most stirring work

By Ben Cosgrove

LIFE With Sinatra: Classic Portraits of 'The Voice' in 1965

LIFE opens a window on Sinatra's famously guarded private world, as well as the Chairman's own take on his celebrity and his music

By Ben Cosgrove

A LIFE Photographer's Gorgeous Early Polaroids

An appreciation of Edwin Land's genius and the beautiful, compact universe embodied in his Polaroid SX-70 instant camera

By Ben Cosgrove

Hipsterless Brooklyn: Vintage Photos From a Vanished World

Decades before Brooklyn became synonymous with hipsters, hip-hop and locavores, photographer Ed Clark caught the spirit of the place

By Ben Cosgrove

Holiday Jeer: Good-for-Nothing Gifts

Thank heavens ridiculous, overpriced gifts are no longer on anyone's wish list. Right?

By Ben Cosgrove

Walt's Wild Men: LIFE Behind the Scenes at Disney Studios

In a 1953 article titled 'A Silver Anniversary for Walt and Mickey,' LIFE magazine took its readers behind the scenes at Disney.

By Ben Cosgrove

Behind the Picture: Larry Burrows' 'Reaching Out,' Vietnam, 1966

Revisiting one of the most dramatic and harrowing photographs made during the long, divisive war in Vietnam

By Ben Cosgrove

America's 'First Korean War Bride' Comes Home

Recalling a wartime story that, at its heart, is less about warfare than about the simple, indomitable power of love

By Ben Cosgrove

Woody Allen: Portraits of the Neurotic as a Young Man

On Woody Allen's 79th birthday, LIFE.com looks back at the filmmaker as a young man in 1967 New York City.

By Ben Cosgrove

Adolf Eichmann in Israel: Portraits of a Nazi War Criminal

Recent reports that the world's most wanted Nazi -- a notorious sadist named Alois Brunner -- died in Syria four years ago brought to mind these photos of his boss, Adolf Eichmann, awaiting execution in Israel in the early '60s.

By Ben Cosgrove

Prohibition's Last Call: Inside the Speakeasies of New York in 1933

Photos shot by the great Margaret Bourke-White for FORTUNE magazine in 1933, capturing the pre-repeal atmosphere in New York's speakeasies

By Ben Cosgrove

Crimea: Where War Photography Was Born

LIFE.com looks back at a long-ago conflict in Crimea through a very specific lens: namely, that of the earliest war photography.

By Ben Cosgrove

Brando Takes Broadway: On the Set of 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 1947

On the anniversary of the Broadway premier of 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' LIFE presents photos from rehearsals for that famous production

By Ben Cosgrove

'Walter Mitty' and the LIFE Magazine Covers That Never Were

Many of the classic LIFE magazine covers on display in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' were, in fact, never LIFE covers at all.

By Ben Cosgrove

In Praise of Nylon Stockings: Classic Photos of a Fashion Staple

Classic photos that capture stockings' allure, and the quite evident reasons for the fashion staple's central place in the style canon

By Ben Cosgrove

'The Luckiest Generation': LIFE With Teenagers in 1950s America

From LIFE in 1954, a snapshot of a specific segment of American society at a singular moment in the nation's history

By Ben Cosgrove

Robert F. Kennedy: Rare and Classic Photos of an Undaunted Man

Of the three Kennedy brothers -- John, Robert and Edward -- Bobby best embodied the contradictions at play within that famed family

By Ben Cosgrove

Uplifting Holiday Fashion: Colorful Halters for 'Pendulous' Turkeys

Discovering 'pendulous' birds on her turkey farm, a Texas woman turns to tools of the lingerie trade. The solution? Halters for her poultry.

By Ben Cosgrove

The Photo That Changed the Face of AIDS

LIFE.com shares the story behind one of the most harrowing and controversial photographs to emerge from the global pandemic

By Ben Cosgrove

Edge of the World: Photos of SoCal's Skate, Beach and Punk Scenes, 1969 – 1982

Sunbathers and hardcore clubs; skaters and punk rockers -- photos of Southern California culture, from the late '60s to the early '80s

By Ben Cosgrove
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