The Photo That Was Hard to Get Published, but Even Harder to Get LIFE photojournalist George Strock captured an iconic image of 3 U.S. soldiers lying on the sand of Buna Beach, New Guinea. The small wave breaking provides a stark contrast to the stillness of the men and the half-submerged landing craft behind them. … Read more
Evelyn McHale was an American bookkeeper who killed herself by jumping from the 86th floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947. A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles has become an iconic suicide photograph, referred to as “the most beautiful suicide”. This detail from … Read more
The mysterious sudden death of Marilyn Monroe in August 1962 shook the world.
Before the oil boom, Dubai in the 1950s was a thriving desert backwater emirate. But in just 50 years, Dubai is now widely known as the Middle East’s capital of excess — an incredible emirate state where money and opulence reign supreme. Dubai today looks like the Manhattan of the Middle East, with its high … Read more
Photos of Vladimir Putin during his younger years can be hard to find. This is because of his obscure background and his work as an agent and later on as a KGB high ranking official. Much of what we know of his earlier life comes mostly from his friends at the time. Below are some … Read more
Students are a socially and politically very active social group. Therefore, there are often cases of student protests, some of which fundamentally changed history. Here are a few such cases. In each country, there are a few weeks or months before something happens. Often, it is a man walking with a high-powered walk into a … Read more