andreas feininger

Exploring Photography's Electric Relationship

By Michael Bucher

See Photos of Jubilant V-E Day Celebrations in New York City

By Eliza Berman

Behind the Picture: Portrait of a Young Man With a Camera

By Ben Cosgrove

The Groundhog: An Appreciation

By Ben Cosgrove
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The Road Goes Ever On: Route 66 and the American Dream

In 1947, Andreas Feininger made the single most perfect photograph of the single most famous road in America: Route 66, the 'Mother Road.'

By Ben Cosgrove

Happy Birthday, Brooklyn Bridge! The Perfect Span Turns 130

On the 130th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, LIFE celebrates the neo-Gothic marvel through the lens of the great chronicler of the protean New York skyline, Andreas Feininger.

By Ben Cosgrove

Lovely Bones: The Art of Evolution

Seen in a certain light, the bones of creatures as varied as elephants, hummingbirds and humans are eloquent totems, raising questions about life, death and what we ultimately leave behind.

By Ben Cosgrove

Photographer Spotlight: Andreas Feininger

Having proven himself a master metropolitan portraitist with his pictures of New York in the '40s and '50s, Feininger turned his attention to other realms in more than 340 assignments for LIFE through the years.

By Liz Ronk
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