‘Life’ Magazine, Champion of Photography, to Publish Again

Photo: Margaret Bourke-White’s favorite self-portrait, made while she was attached to the U.S. 8th Air Force – 1943. Margaret Bourke-White took the photograph of the construction of Fort Peck Dam that became the cover of the first issue of Life magazine (dated November 23, 1936). Image credit: Margaret Bourke-White / US Air Force via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Matt Growcoot. PetaPixel – October 28, 2026.

One of the 20th century’s most important photojournalism publications is returning to print 90 years after it was first published. Life magazine, which was instrumental in the careers of photography greats including Alfred Eisenstaedt, Robert Capa, Margaret Bourke-White, W. Eugene Smith, and others, began as a picture-led weekly publication in 1936. The magazine covered major events, personalities, and everyday realities of the 20th century for a mass audience. It peaked in the 1960s when it was selling over eight million copies each week. […]

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