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LIFE’S COVER
“Marilyn Monroe had her first brush with fame at the beginning of World War II when she was 16 and working in an aircraft plant. An Army public relations photographer spotted her and, to boost wartime morale, shot her alongside every machine in the factory. These pictures got her work as a model and eventually led to a Marx brothers’ film in which her role consisted of walking into a room and out of it. ‘That’s a fine walk,’ said Groucho. ‘Now do it again more so.’ She took the advice and is now up among the Hollywood great.” [Note from the Editor]
Marilyn was on the cover of Life six times. This was the first, her debut cover by Halsman
From the Swallowtail Garden Seeds collection of botanical photographs and illustrations. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
[This is part of the Set about my Father and his home town, Halberstadt: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/sets/72157600287407882... ]
This was my description written a couple years ago when I first posted this photo for my birthday:
I want to dedicate this photo to my dear father Ralph Crane who gave me eyes to see the world --- from the heart.
Ralph Crane was a photojournalist - from 1931 when he was 18 years old, living in his home town of Halberstadt, Germany to the day he left us - way too soon, in 1988. He freelanced for several photo agencies, was published by the New York Times newspaper, the International Herald Tribune, Smithsonian, and countless other newspapers and magazines during the early days of photojournalism, and is best known for his photos published by LIFE magazine, from the first issue of the classic LIFE, in 1936, until its last issue in 1972. Here is his story: www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/sets/72157600287407882/ .
Regarding this photo above: I was in San Francisco in April celebrating my love Peter Temple's 50th birthday. We enjoyed eating at a great little Indian restaurant called Tasty Curry by Golden Gate Park. They have fantastic murals on the walls! I am doing a self portrait here, looking into a mirror, and yes, that's a bandaid on my nose but I like this self portrait anyway. I had just had a little skin cancer removed. Too much Tahiti, California, New Mexico, and Colorado sunshine in my life, but still plenty of my nose left. ;0)
Caption: "53 Airline stewardesses standing in close formation, all wearing distinctive outfits from the country of the airline they represent."
Photo by Peter Stackpole
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Flapper Bat Girl - Life Magazine by Coles Phillips © 1927
“AN AEROSPACE COP TO HELP POLICE THE BEAT
As vehicles of all kinds are spewed into space, the problem of policing the traffic will arise. Some of the objects will be harmless derelicts whose only crime is that they are blocking the road. Others, like the cluster of casings shown drifting past earth (upper right) may turn out to be military platforms orbited by an enemy to release bombs on command. The U.S. must be prepared to look them all over from maneuverable interceptors like this one, equipped with sensing devices to detect dangerous weapons and armed with rockets to destroy the offenders.”
Above is per the associated caption with the image, from the April 21, 1961 issue of “LIFE” magazine, as part of a pictorial article entitled “WILD BUT SANE IDEAS FOR SPACE FLIGHT”. Robert McCall created this & two other stunning works exclusively for this issue of the magazine.
The primary body of the article:
“Despite the triumph of Russia’s Major Yuri Gagarin, the race for space is not over. There are still plenty of events to run off which would probe deeper into space and explore its uses as a laboratory for the scientist or a battlefield for the future soldier. And there are still plenty of ideas waiting to be tested. The best hope for the U.S. is that Soviet competition will spur an attempt to convert these ideas into reality.
On these pages LIFE presents some imaginative new concepts which could be useful to both scientist and soldier. They were selected by Astronautical Engineer Tom Turner and rendered by Artist Robert McCall. Some of them may seem at first glance to be far out. Actually, each idea in this portfolio is already on the drawing boards of U.S. industry or government designers and could become a reality, with proper encouragement, in 10 to 20 years—or earlier. Some of the ships, like the solar sail above, are intended primarily for scientific research or for sheer adventure. Others, like the interceptor and the “Schmoo” shown on the following pages, could have a more deadly use. All the ideas are feasible. And all would be valuable—to whoever gets them first.”
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Sort of - about to be - prophetic? And the primary adversary was not even on the radar at the time. Fascinating & still just as concerning…to some…but not enough, which is disconcerting. Can you spell PRC???
The boy ran away to the circus and the illustration was created in an era when a clown was taken to be a good person in funny make-up; that is, until Stephen King’s “It” and a rash of other scary stories that portrayed clowns as murderous psychopaths. If the image looks somehow sinister, the dog in the clown hat with its chin resting on the clown’s knee should ease any worries about this clown’s intentions.
“An ex-Marine who covered combat in the Pacific and Korea, David Douglas Duncan went to Vietnam for ‘Life’ and ‘ABC News.’ In Vietnam, Duncan went where the bitter action was – Con Thien. Again, as in Korea, his subject was Marines. ‘I’m one at heart,’ he says, ‘I know their character from the past. There’s something kind of marvelous about them; it’s their simplicity, their generosity, their casual sharing of everything they have.’
“Using all his natural instincts for photographing violence plus all the artistry he had learned from years of showing beauty in the world, Duncan began recording men at war again. His story – 18 pages in length – is featured in this issue.”
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, is photographed inside the lunar module on the lunar surface following the second extravehicular activity (EVA) of his mission. Note lunar dust on his suit. The photograph was taken by astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, using a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera and S0-368 film.
“The astonishing photograph . . . is only one of the many surprises in an extraordinary new book. It is called ‘Jump Book,’ and in it the Duke and Duchess of Windsor plus 174 other celebrated people – from Marilyn Monroe (on the cover) to 87-year-old Judge Learned Hand – forgo gravity and self-consciousness in order to go up in the air. Never before has such a gathering been seen in such unexpected flight. Why did they all jump? Simply because Photographer Philippe Halsman asked them to. . .” [Text from the accompanying article]
Over a thousand Chicagoans from all over the city gathered at Millennium Park to perform David Lang's "Crown Out" in front of the Cloud Scape - commonly known as The Bean - and the surrounding plazas. With script in hand, the participants alternated between speech, song and shouts to express their anxiety, frustration and sense of isolation in today's society.
I just stumbled into this event and it took me a while to figure out what was going on. In the beginning it was quite chaotic,seemingly without synchronization, but then the leaders within each group took charge of all the individual groups and it became a quite beautiful and moving experience.
Because I get around in a motorized wheelchair, I was unable to move through the entire crowd, so I was only able to photograph the two groups right in front of the Bean.
Frank Xavier Leyendecker (January 19, 1876 – April 18, 1924), also known as Frank James Leyendecker, was a German-American illustrator. He worked with his brother Joseph Christian Leyendecker in their studio, first in Chicago, then later in New York City and New Rochelle, New York. F.X. Leyendecker is considered "the second" or "lesser" Leyendecker, as he was the younger brother of the longer lived and more prolific JC Leyendecker. Dozens of pieces show he was every bit as colorful, creative, entertaining and flamboyant as his older brother.
The younger Leyendecker was known for his stained glass work as well as his illustrations for posters, magazines and advertisements. He also painted covers for Street & Smith pulp magazines, such as People's Favorite Magazine and The Popular Magazine, as well as for Fawcett's pulp magazine Battle Stories. His painting for Battle Stories was originally created as a WWI recruitment poster that Fawcett Publications posthumously reprinted as a pulp magazine cover in 1931. [Source: Wikipedia]
Over a thousand Chicagoans from all over the city, gathered at Millennium Park to perform "Crowd Out" by David Lang.
Side view of Telstar satellite (A20070113000) silhouetted against a black background; this Telstar is a backup spacecraft to Telstar 1 and 2 (launched respectively in 1962 and 1963). Photographed August 20, 2013, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Garber Facility, Suitland, Maryland.
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During the Golden Age of American Illustration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, artists like Charles Dana Gibson could become wealthy celebrities. They could become rich and famous by creating drawings and paintings for newspapers, books, magazines, and commercial advertising.
Gibson was educated at the Art Students League of New York and wanted to create paintings for publication, but the marketplace definitely favored his pen-and-ink drawings. That preference was so strong that his “Gibson Girl” became an ideal image of youthful American femininity, and Gibson’s drawings of her were responsible for the success of several magazines. At the height of his career, Gibson was paid $100,000 for 100 drawings over a four-year period (well over $1 million today), and he was later able to purchase “Life” magazine with a syndicate of successful illustrators.
[Source: www.outdoorpainter.com/plein-air-heritage-artist-charles-...]