Organisation
Life Magazine
The V&A has 36 works related to Life Magazine.
Made between 1953 and 1972, these objects form part of the Department of Photography. We hold work made from photographic paper, paper and paper. Related makers include The Royal Photographic Society and Time Incorporated.
From the collections
36 objects made by Life Magazine
Miss Bourke-White crumpling paper into balls to keep fingers from stiffening, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1958
I watched fascinated says Miss Bourke-White, when Dr. Cooper let her watch an operation like hers, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1958- C. P. Snow at home, photograph, 1961
- Huye, after the Tet Offensive, photograph, 1968
- Operation Prairie, South Vietnam, wounded GI, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1966
- Part of unfinished essay on misery of city, Calcutta, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1969
- Part of unfinished essay on misery of city, Calcutta, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1971
- 11 year old Nguyen Thi Tron waiting to be fitted with an artificial leg, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1967
- Field of Death, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1963
- Indian Troops in the Himalayas, Sino-Indian Conflict, photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1962
- Four Marines recover the body of a fifth as their company comes under fire near Hill 484, Vietnam, photograph, Burrows, Larry, October 1966
- Angkor Wat, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1968
- London Minicab, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1961
- Winston Churchill awaiting the arrival of M.Mendes of France, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1954
- Birds of Paradise in the New Guinea highlands, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1965
- Prime Minister Shatri's funeral, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1966
- Aftermath of the cyclone in Pakistan, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1970
- Taj Mahal: Sikh tourists, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1967
- Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1968
- Harold MacMillan's grandson and great-niece, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1971
- Lord Mayor Robert Brisco of Dublin, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1957
- Crew Chief James Farley after the Copper Landed in Danang, Weeping, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1965
- Taj Mahal, the lower tombs of the Emperor and Empress, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1967
- The Air War: phosphorus bombs dropped by a U.S. Skyraider, destroy a jungle village, Vietnam, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, ca. 1968
- Winston Churchill, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1955
- Billy Graham prays with worker in Manchester (outdoor shot in front of factory), Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1961
- Crew chief Farley, aged 21, in the helicopter with wounded crewmen, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1965
- Crew chief Farley opens fire with his M-60 machine gun at Vietcong positions, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1965
- Jumping out of the helicopter for an assault against the Vietcong hidden along the tree line in the background, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1965
- Crew chief Farley carries M-60 machine guns to helicopter, Photograph, Burrows, Larry, 1965
- Miss Bourke-White says - "I reached for his hand quite impulsively, when suddenly it stopped trembling", photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1959
- Portrait of Miss Bourke-White, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1959
- Explaining operation with diagram, Dr. Cooper shows Miss Bourke-White site of brain's thalamus, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1959
- Researching her case - Miss Bourke-White insists on learning all details from Dr. Cooper - left, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1959
- Proof of progress is that at long last I again can load my camera, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1959
- Deep knee bending with encouragement from therapist Jack Hofkosh, photograph, Eisenstaedt, Alfred, ca. 1959