LIFE was an American general-interest magazine published weekly by Time Inc. Founded in 1883 by American publishers John Ames Mitchell (1845–1918) and Andrew Miller (1857–1919), it was acquired in 1936 by magazine magnate Henry Luce (1898–1967) and became a pioneer in photojournalism. It suspended publication in 1972, before being revived in 1978 as a monthly periodical.

Each issue featured original news articles, essays and stories on a range of international topics, amplified by a number of high quality photographs. The magazine was particularly noted for providing visual coverage of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and numerous regional wars. Possibly the best-known photograph published in the magazine was Alfred Eisenstaedt's photograph of a nurse in a sailor's arms, taken on August 14, 1945, as they celebrated Victory over Japan Day in New York City. 

During its tenure, the magazine also contained serializations of a number of memoirs by prominent figures, including President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Douglas MacArthur, as well as literary works. Indeed, Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea—his final full-length work published during his lifetime—was featured in the September 1, 1952 issue. Hemingway was further commissioned to author a 4,000-word piece on bullfighting; he subsequently sent a 10,000-word article covering a series of contests between two top matadors following his last visit to Spain in 1959, which was republished in 1985 as the novella, The Dangerous Summer.

From 1972 to 1978, the magazine was published intermittently as Life Special Reports covering such themes as "The Spirit of Israel", "Remarkable American Women" and "The Year in Pictures".

The Internet Archive Collection contains microfilm published between 1883 and 1972. 

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_(magazine)

The ISSN is 0024-3019

Publication History:

Life Formerly (until 1936) USA United States