Photographer Leonard McCombe captured the balance of Bush’s life, in a moment when his political career was still just beginning.
Liz Ronk
He was the first man she ever kissed. Here, see how their relationship evolved over the years.
Rare photos of Billy Graham and his family offer a glimpse into the private life of one of the world's most public figures.
Rare photos from LIFE's archives—never published in the magazine—offer a window into one family's preparations for a nuclear attack.
These photographers helped shape our world with their indelible images.
Advertisement
Revisiting a LIFE Magazine photo essay about the Navajo people in 1948 reveals how much has changed since then — and how much has not.
Since Myanmar gained independence, it has been swept by waves of strife. In 1949, LIFE sent correspondents to document one such crisis
Paul Child, best known as the husband of chef Julia Child, was a masterful artist in his own right, as his photographs make clear.
"The teacher is the most important adult outside the family," LIFE Magazine proclaimed in 1972. Decades later, the idea still holds up.
See photos from LIFE Magazine's original report on the news of the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite—and the space race—on Oct. 4, 1957.
Advertisement
Pictures from a new book provide a rare look inside the collaboration between Monroe and photographer Milton H. Greene.
When her husband—who is featured in the new docu-series 'The Vietnam War'—was a POW in Vietnam, she was on the cover of LIFE magazine.
As the Air Force celebrates its 70th birthday, take a look back at a military moment that illustrated the appeal of the air.
LIFE photographer Howard Sochurek witnessed the moment when Hanoi was given over to communist control. This is what he saw.
The photographer Stephen Barker followed friends to an ACT UP meeting in late 1988 and ended up creating a body of work about the crisis.
Meta: {"__typename":"TimeAuthorPageMetadata","title":"Liz Ronk | TIME","description":"Read the latest stories by Liz Ronk on Time","path":"https://time.com/author/liz-ronk","openGraph":{"__typename":"OpenGraphMeta","title":"Liz Ronk | TIME","description":"Read the latest stories by Liz Ronk on Time","url":"https://time.com/author/liz-ronk","type":"website","siteName":"TIME","images":[{"__typename":"OpenGraphImage","height":"300","url":"https://time.com/wp-content/themes/time2014/img/time-logo-og.png","width":"300"}]},"twitter":{"__typename":"TwitterMeta","title":"Liz Ronk | TIME","description":"Read the latest stories by Liz Ronk on Time","site":"@TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/liz-ronk","card":"summary_large_image","images":[{"__typename":"TwitterImage","url":"https://time.com/wp-content/themes/time2014/img/time-logo-og.png"}]},"pinterest":{"__typename":"PinterestMeta","url":"https://time.com/author/liz-ronk","description":"Read the latest stories by Liz Ronk on Time","media":"https://time.com/wp-content/themes/time2014/img/time-logo-og.png"},"fb":{"__typename":"FacebookMeta","app_id":"991230477954201","pages":"10606591490"}}